Located near Munger, in the Indian state of Bihar, Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB) is a yoga institute for the study of yoga in a gurukul environment. BYB is dedicated to the Indian Rishi tradition, Vedic lifestyle and Sanatan Sanskriti (the eternal culture) of yoga.
Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB), an Institute for Advanced Studies in Yogic Sciences, was established by Swami Niranjanananda at Munger in 1994 to teach the yogic sciences. Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB) studies yoga in a gurukul environment.
The culmination of the vision of Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati and Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati, this institute is the first of its kind in the world wholly devoted to the subject of yoga. BYB has been established along the lines of Nalanda and Vikramshila, two spiritual centres of learning. It studies Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra and allied subjects.
Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati had the vision of a yoga institute when he established the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy in Rishikesh in 1950. This inspiration was carried forward by Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati, who established Bihar School of Yoga in 1963, followed by the Ganga Darshan complex in Munger. Swami Niranjanananda founded Bihar Yoga Bharati in 1994 as an Institute for Advanced Studies in Yogic Sciences.
The institute is undergoing course restructuring and presently offers fully residential courses in Yogic Studies, of four months duration and in Yogic Science and Lifestyle of three months duration.
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