{"id":302497,"date":"2026-02-17T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302497\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:29:07","slug":"sza-performs-for-controversial-figure-at-favourite-spiritual-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302497\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA performs for controversial figure at favourite spiritual destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/651363_5089429_updates.jpg\" alt=\"SZA performs for controversial figure at favourite spiritual destination\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SZA performs for controversial figure at favourite spiritual destination<\/p>\n<p>SZA returned to India, the site of her memorable spiritual experience from last year, to perform for local spiritual figure Sadhguru.<\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;B artist took the stage at Sadhguru\u2019s Mahashivratri celebrations in Tamil Nadu, also inviting her mother Audrey Rowe to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>She participated in the local tradition by greeting the festival audience with the words, \u201cNamaskaram. Happy Mahashivratri. Can I get a Shiv Shambhu?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grammy winner\u2019s latest performance marked her return to the country a year after she shared details about a \u201cprofound and chaotic and beautiful\u201d experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCame back to so much overwhelming information between the state of the world and my personal\/professional life,\u201d she had shared.<\/p>\n<p>Sadhguru, the spiritual leader for whom she recently performed and has been in touch with for a while, is often considered a controversial figure in the region for allegations related to environmental violations, sexual misconduct, among others.<\/p>\n<p>SZA hilariously broke her spiritual vow while in India last year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE8fjL4S70_\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">share a post<\/a> about her then-newly released movie, One of Them Days, co-starring Keke Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan listen . I\u2019m in India and they bout to take my phone in 7 hours for a 10 day vow of silence,\u201d she revealed in her caption at the time. \u201cbut I COULD NOT MISS RELEASE DAY !!\u201d (Sic)<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SZA performs for controversial figure at favourite spiritual destination SZA returned to India, the site of her memorable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-302497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}