Rishi Bharadwaja was the forerunner amongst all the rishis of ancient times who brought knowledge of
Ayurveda from heaven to the earth. Among the august gathering of all the sages under mountain
Himalaya, sage Bhardwaja was chosen as leader for this purpose after lot of deliberations. Rishi
Bhardwaja’s intelligence, memory, presence of mind, reasoning power must have offered him this
leadership. Hence, it becomes essential to know about rishi Bhardwaja and his contribution to the field of
Ayurveda. The present study aims to explore the family details of sage Bhardwaja and his contribution to
Ayurveda. After taking proper knowledge of Ayurveda from the God king Indra, sage Bhardwaja
disseminated this knowledge among many rishis. As per Harivansh Purana, sage Bhardwaja taught
surgical knowledge to Kashi king Divodasa and medicinal knowledge to Atreya Punarwasu. Kashi king
Divodasa later taught surgical knowledge to his eight disciples. Whereas Atreya Punarwasu gave this
knowledge to his famous five disciples. This literary retrospective research study showed that sage
Bhardwaja was the pioneer of medical practices on earth