Myth

Ayu means ‘life’ and veda means the ‘knowledge’.  ayurveda is the knowledge of life.  Kerala can claim as the birth place of ayurveda. Ayurveda is the holyistic science which has its origin from the lord of creation ‘brahma’. Ayurveda is said to be originated from ‘brahma’ – the god of srishti. he transmitted this knowledge to ‘prajapathi’.

Aswani kumaras who received this knowledge from prajapathi advised ‘indra’(the king of gods) who in turn established the school of medicines (bharadwaja & athreya) and school of surgery (dhanwandari).

Eminent scholers like charaka, susrutha, vagbhata, madhava, sarangadhara, bhavamisra and kashyapa have inscribed their knowledge on ‘thali ola grandhams’.  these are the classical texts of ayurveda.