The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of asana and suryanamaskar on body mass index among hypertensed men. To achieve the purpose of the present study, forty hypertensed men from Chennai, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects and their age shall ranged from 35 to 45 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects (N=40) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of twenty subjects each. The groups were assigned as asana & suryanamaskar group and control group in an equivalent manner. The experimental group were participated the training for a period of six weeks to find out the outcome of the training package. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied. The asana and suryanamaskar group had shown significant reduction in body mass index.

KEYWORDS: Asana, Suryanamaskar, Body mass index, Hypertensed men.