Bihar Yoga Bharati shortly called as (BYB) began its journey as a yoga institution for offering yoga education in gurukul environment. The institute is dedicated to the Indian Sanatan Sanskriti, Vedic lifestyle and Rishi tradition of Yoga and the institute is presently working as a deemed university for yoga education. It is an institution for advanced studies in yogic sciences and it was established in the year 1994 by the Swami Niranjanananda at Munger.

The culmination of the vision of Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Sri Swami Sivananda Sarawati, the institute holds the pride of being the first of its kind in the whole world devoted mainly for yoga education. The institution was established in lines of Vikramshila and Nalanda being the two spiritual centres of learning. It studies, Tantra, Vedanta, Yoga and its allied subjects.

Courses offered by Bihar Yoga Bharati Yoga University:

Only two yogic science courses are being offered by the Bihar Yoga Bharati and the details of the same is given below:

• Four-month Yogic Studies course

• Three-month Yogic Lifestyle & Science

Eligibility requirements:

The eligibility requirements to be fulfilled by candidates for seeking admission to the two courses offered by the institution are given below:

Four-month Yogic Studies course: This course is being offered by the university both under English and Hindi Medium. The course is offered in Hind Medium from the month of February to May every year and in English medium from October – January of the following year. For applying to this course, candidates must have completed their 10 year of formal education.

Three-month Yogic Lifestyle & Science: This course is being offered by the university only in Hindi medium from 1st of June to the month of August every year. This course is open to all, however, competency in written and spoken language is essential.

For both these courses, the minimum age requirement of 18 years must be fulfilled by the candidates.

Health requirement: There is no upper age limit for seeking admission to both the courses, however, candidates must be mentally and physically fit for practicing fully in the activities of gurukul lifestyle and all theoretical and practical classes. Every day, classes begins at 5.00 am in the morning and daily activities continue till 7.30 pm.

Admission Procedure:

The institute follows a process of selection that includes Hindi Language Test or Written Test in English since the courses offered by the institution does not include any language teaching facilities.

Thus, Bihar Yoga Bharathi Yoga University is proving itself as the best and sole university for yoga education in gurukul style in the nation thereby preserving the tradition of the nation.