Ayurveda is the Gift of India to the world. This systematic health science was accepted understood and imbibed into daily life in Kerala since ages. Ayurveda treatments and lifestyle underwent a few positive changes to suit the tropical climate and the local culture of Kerala. The system developed into a brand by itself as Kerala Ayurveda. One of the pioneers of establishing and popularizing the KERALA AYURVEDA brand domestically and globally is none other than the iconic Arya Vaidya Sala, established at Kottakkal in the Kerala State of India in 1902 by the visionary physician and philanthropist, the late Vaidyaratnam P.S.Varier.
Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College, Kottakkal is one of the pioneering institutions in the academic topography of India, which offers excellent education in Ayurveda, the science of life. The College has completed 100 years of academic excellence and has a glorious history. The College was started by Vaidyaratnam P.S.Varier, who revitalised and remodelled the science of Ayurveda.
Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College, now managed by Kerala Ayurvedic Studies and Research Society (KSARS) being one of the premier Ayurveda education institutes in India is approached by all those who wish to excel in their Ayurveda professionals through higher education courses and those who wish to know more about Ayurveda to live their lives healthily.
The commitment to global society and the duty towards Ayurveda inspired the authorities of KSARS to conceptualize the idea of overall Ayurveda higher education apart from the conventional academic stream and execute the same in the form of KOTTAKKAL AYURVEDA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE (KASE).
Ayurveda is the science and knowledge of Life. The essence of Ayurveda is to live healthily and help our co-inhabitants on the Earth, including the humans and other living creatures to live healthily. Education of the custodians of Ayurveda the medical and allied community plays a major role in maintaining a healthy Nature. The general public do have their responsibility in the health of the Earth. The awareness of the same needs to be percolated deep down says the Ayurveda philosophy, a word from the horse mouth which is adopted and implemented by KASE.
KASE has inherited the established legacy, parentage and patronage of Kerala Ayurvedic Studies and Research Society (KSARS), VPSV Ayurveda College and Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, an inbuilt strength which has laid a strong foundation for the institution.
The legacy of Ayurveda dates back to the Vedic and Pre Vedic Ages. The mythology says the science was invoked by Lord Brahma, the Creator ad passed down the divine line which also includes the twin Gods of health Aswinikumaras. The misery on Earth was discussed in a symposium of sages and the knowledge is said to be brought down to Earth by sages PunarvasuAthreya and Divodasa Dhanwantari. The disciples of the former are believed to have developed the medical branch while the disciples of the latter concentrated on surgical care.
Ayurveda literature emerged as a subsidiary of Atharvaveda, the 4th of the Vedas and subsequently stood alone as a distinct system owing to its merits. The following millennia saw the influence of the transforming society on Ayurveda and the development of Ayurveda literature of which the three compendia of Charaka Samhita, SushruthaSamhitha and Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Sangraha are still considered as the base resources.
Kerala Ayurveda owes its legacy to local scholarly compilations like Chikitsamanjari, SahasrayogamYogamritham and others.
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Kottakkal Ayurveda School of Excellence provides skill development and knowledge enhancement programmes and the scope of the institute is to position itself as a Centre of Excellence for Ayurveda Higher education
For details on on-going and proposed programmes please navigate to KASE Programmes
