Yoga Mahavidyalaya

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About Yoga Mahavidyalaya

Yoga Mahavidyalaya is a private institution in Nashik, Maharashtra, established in 2013. Campusbells lists it under Ayush.

First mention of science of yoga is in ancient texts of vedas, which are more than 10000 years old. The oldest copy of vedas found is about 7500 years old. But it is believed that Vedas were orally transmitted for much longer than 10 000yrs or even more.

The Vedas were a collection of science of Mother Nature, agriculture, mathematics, astronomy, social sciences, ethics & morality, culture, arts, Ayurveda, and much more. Vedas are composed in to sacred songs, mantras and rituals which were taught during that time. Vedas have four parts, Aranyaka, Samhita, Brahman and Upanishads. In Upanishads, the first explicit references to yoga appear. Concepts of withdrawing the senses, controlling the mind, and attaining liberation are the main objectives in Upanishads.

There are four vedas, Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, AtharvavedaArchaeological Remains

The earliest verifiable traces of yoga date back over 5,000 years ago to the Aryan civilization in the Indus Valley.

As described on the institution’s website

At a glance

Key facts

Established

2013

Ownership

Private-Unaided

Stream

Ayush

Location

Nashik, Maharashtra

Campus life

Facilities at Yoga Mahavidyalaya

• Medical
• Indoor
• Bank
• Bus
• Library