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83-year-old Raghavan Thirumulpad is repaying with gratitude for more than half a century, the debt he owes to Ayurveda for restoring his health after he fell sick following a brief stay at Chennai in his young days.
The young Thirumulpad had obtained a job as a clerk in Railway at Chennai after completing his studies in Sanskrit. However, sickness forced him to quit the job and return home. He got himself first treated by and later became a student of Ayurveda under Pallippurath Vasudevan Nambeesan. In the gurukula style he learned for 5 years and later stood 1st in the Vaidyabhooshanam test conducted by the then Cochin Kingdom in 1950. He then learned Pancha Chikitsa for 1 year under his guru and then returned to his home in Chalakkudy to begin practice.
He is not a mere physician but has contributed to Ayurveda through his writings. His ‘Prakasika’ interpretation in Malayalam for the ‘Ashtanga Sangraham’ is considered a classic, the like of which is not there in either Hindi or Sanskrit.
Thirumulpad’s published works include ‘Ayurveda Parichayam’, which is an introduction to the science, ‘Kriya Kramam’, which deals with the general information about Kerala style of treatment, ‘Ayurveda Darsanam’, ‘Nature Cure’ etc. His ‘Ashtanga Darsanam’ won an award from the Kerala Government. Spirituality too is dear to him and his works in this area include a translation of Bhagavad Geetha and ‘Gurugeetham’.
Many other awards in the realm of Ayurveda and Sanskrit have come his way. Even at this age, Thirumulpad goes on serving the society by treating the patients who come to his home at Chalakkudy and by clarifying the knowledge of his many disciples.
Courtesy: Ashok Kothamangalam, Kunkumam, August 2003
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