| Arya Vaidya Nilayam, Muniyandipuram, Madurai |
In 1930, Rama Warrier, a disciple of legendary Ayurveda-reviver Vaidyaratnam P.S.Warrier went to Madurai to continue his career there. Two incidents in quick succession must have given him a glimpse that his mission was blessed. In the first week itself he was the winner of a chitty for Rs.100 which he had joined on the first day in the temple city. The second was the birth of his daughter Meenakshi after 13 years of marital life.
The promises of resources, both human and monetary, were perhaps contained in those incidents. And with that in mind, he went ahead with the dispensation of ayurvedic treatment through Arya Vaidya Nilayam, started in the veranda of his rented house.
In due course, he gave his daughter in marriage to Dr.P.V.Raghave Warrier, who was then Chief Physician at the New Delhi branch of Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Coimbatore. Raghave Warrier soon shifted his activities to Madurai and started taking active role in running Arya Vaidya Nilayam.
A phase of expansion slowly unfolded. In 1979, the Nilayam was expanded to the 15-acre campus at Muniyandipuram on the outskirts of the city. Continuing the family tradition, his son Ramesh R.Warrier became an ayurveda physician. He gave an impetus to the research and marketing activities at the Nilayam.
Ramesh Warrier’s first effort was to convert the bitter ‘kashayams’ to capsules. The 5 year research, which started in 1996, resulted in Arya Vaidya Nilayam becoming the first Ayrveda house to market kashayam capsules in India. Encapsulation of ‘thailams’ for internal consumption followed suit.
With research centre, medicine manufacturing plant, herbal farm, treatment centres etc, the Nilayam is spreading its area of influence farther and wider. 70-odd distribution agencies in Kerala and a network of distribution centres in foreign countries like USA, Germany, Malaysia, Austria, Kenya, Mauritius etc, mark the significance of Arya Vaidya Nilayam in the contemporary world.
As foretold by two tiny incidents some 77 years ago, perhaps.
Courtesy:
M.B.Babu, Mathrubhumi, May 29, 2007
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