For Chanda Sharma, life has been shaped by education, setbacks, self-discovery and the willingness to begin again. Her journey has moved through academics, teaching and personal challenges before eventually leading her towards spiritual guidance and a wider mission centred on self-awareness and personal growth.
From academic setbacks to teaching and self-belief
Chanda completed her schooling at Modern Public School, Faridabad, followed by senior secondary education in the Non-Medical Science stream at KL Mehra Senior Secondary School. She later pursued a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College, Faridabad — though her academic journey was not always straightforward. After Class 10, she faced serious health challenges that affected her performance in the Class 12 board examinations, changing some of the plans she had initially made for higher education.
Rather than letting that phase define her future, Chanda continued moving forward. She had begun giving private tuition while still in Class 10, and after a break, returned to teaching with renewed focus — experiences that helped her develop independence, responsibility and an interest in guiding others. For a period, she also aspired to clear the UPSC examination and become an IAS officer; although that path did not become her career, it became another important part of her journey of self-reflection.
Building MahaDevrang
Over time, personal experiences gradually drew her towards spirituality. She developed an interest in tarot reading and intuitive guidance, later expanding into numerology and Vastu — using these practices as part of her broader work around reflection, clarity and personal guidance rather than treating them as separate interests. Through her YouTube platform MahaDevrang, she built a growing online community that reached around 70,000 subscribers within one and a half years, working, she says, with more than 19,000 clients across different parts of the world during the same period. Her work has also been featured through podcasts and other public platforms.
India's spiritual content creator economy
Tarot, numerology and astrology content has become one of the fastest-growing categories on Indian YouTube and Instagram over the past few years, drawing an audience that spans far beyond the traditional in-person astrology consultation market. Unlike subscription-based Western tarot platforms, Indian creators in this space typically monetise through a mix of one-on-one paid consultations, sponsored content and platform ad revenue — a structure that rewards creators, like Chanda, who can build sustained trust with an audience over months rather than a single viral moment. The format also tends to blend practices freely — tarot, numerology and Vastu presented as complementary tools for reflection rather than competing systems — which mirrors how these traditions have historically been consulted together in Indian households rather than as siloed disciplines.
Career changes into this field, particularly by people with a technical or academic background, are increasingly common rather than exceptional; several of India's most-followed spiritual-guidance creators previously worked in unrelated fields before building an audience around personal transformation narratives, which tends to make their content feel more relatable to viewers navigating their own career pivots or setbacks.
Sources and editorial references
This profile is adapted from Chanda Sharma's featured profile in the September 2026 print edition of Global Cover Story, based on a self-submitted account and photographs. Subscriber and client figures reflect the subject's own account as of submission and have not been independently verified.