Pooja Bedi was born in Mumbai to the late Indian classical dancer Protima and film star Kabir Bedi. She was brought up in a bohemian progressive artistic environment. Bedi, the 18th descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, was given the Buddhist name Karma Saraswati by the Karmapa. She received her basic education at Besant Montessori in Mumbai and later the acclaimed Lawrence School, Sanawar. She signed the highly coveted school "Book of Honour" on multiple occasions. Bedi married Farhan Ebrahim whom she met in 1990. She has two children, a daughter Aalia born in 1997 and a son Omar, born in 2000. Bedi and Ebrahim divorced in 2003. She practices "Poojaism" which is an amalgamation of teachings of many religions.