Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samhiti

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Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samhiti

Indian center for the medical and scientific study of hatha yoga, established in 1924 by Swami Kuvalayananda for scientific and philosophico-literary research, training, and treatment in yoga.

The center is directed by Swami Digambarji and has been officially recognized as a research institute by the government of Bombay. It publishes the journal Yoga-Mimamsa and maintains an extensive library of some twenty-one thousand volumes. Address: 117 Valvan, Lonavla, 410 403, India.

Sources:

Kuvalayananda, Swami. Popular Yoga Asanas. Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, 1972.

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