The Yogic Guide

Support the project

This site is free to use, free to be listed on, and takes no commission from anyone. That is a deliberate choice, and it means the running costs come out of one person’s pocket.

What it actually costs

The expensive part is discovery. Finding every centre in a city means querying the Google Places API across a grid of small search circles — a single thorough sweep of Rishikesh is a few hundred billed calls, and that is one city, one time. Verification and link-checking are nearly free by comparison; it is the initial mapping of a place that costs real money.

We currently cover 307 centres properly. Mysore, Goa, Dharamshala and Kerala all deserve the same treatment and each needs its own sweep.

Why not just take money from centres?

Because the moment a school can pay to rank higher, the ranking stops meaning anything, and you would be right to stop trusting it. Every directory in this space eventually faces that trade. We would rather be small and honest than large and bought.

If you would like to help

Write to us. Any contribution goes directly to API costs for the next city, and we’ll tell you which one it unlocked.

contact@yogicguide.com

Help that costs nothing