Body donation or body bequests is an informed and free act of giving one’s body after death for medical education and research. Body donation is the excellent source of cadavers apart from unclaimed dead bodies. With the surge in number of medical institution with each passing day, paucity of cadavers is one of the main problems we are facing today. To conquer this situation, Body donation is the utmost necessity. Although anatomists promote people to donate bodies, the tendency of anatomists toward donating their own bodies for dissection is not well known. In this article an attempt has been made to collect literature related to body donation, its importance and the issues related to body donation.