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| State      = [[Kerala]]
| State      = [[Kerala]]
| Country    = [[India]]
| Country    = [[India]]
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'''Arya Vaidya Sala''', popularly known as '''Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala''', is a healthcare centre located in [[Kottakkal]], in the Indian state of [[Kerala]], known for its heritage and expertise in the Indian traditional medicine system of [[Ayurveda]].<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj6YqhsUo0c | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref>
'''Arya Vaidya Sala''', popularly known as '''Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala''', is a healthcare centre located in [[Kottakkal]], in the Indian state of [[Kerala]], known for its heritage and expertise in the Indian traditional medicine system of [[Ayurveda]].<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj6YqhsUo0c | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier]], a renowned scholar and academician in whose honour the [[Government of India]] have issued a postage stamp,<ref name="Postage stamp">{{cite web | url=http://www.keralatourism.org/malabar/kottakkal-malappuram.php | title=Postage stamp | publisher=Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> founded Arya Vaidya Sala in 1902,<ref name="Brand Kerala">{{cite web | url=http://brandkerala.biz/detail/index.php?catid=12 | title=Brand Kerala | publisher=Brand Kerala | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> at [[Kottakkal]], a small town in [[Malappuram district]], in the Indian state of [[Kerala]], where he hailed from. It began as a small clinic for outpatient treatment and sale of ayurvedic medicines.<ref name="AVS About">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(iihomiq3mb4mmu55b0arah45))/about_avs.aspx | title=AVS About | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Fifteen years later, Warrier established the ''Arya Vaidya Patasala'' (school of ayurvedic medicine), in the town of [[Kozhikode]] teaching under the [[Gurukula]] method.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_D_bc8IGA | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref> The school was shifted later to Kottakkal and has transformed itself into a Medical College, ''Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College'', affiliated to the [[University of Calicut]].<ref name="Medical College">{{cite web | url=http://www.kottakkalayurvedacollege.ac.in/ | title=Medical College | publisher=Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Since 1944, when Warrier died, the clinic has been managed by the, ''Kottakkal Charitable Trust'' as per the provisions of his [[Will and testament]].<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 " /><ref name="Brand Kerala" /> Warrier was conferred the title of ''Vaidyaratnam'' (jewel among physicians) by the Government of [[British India]] in 1933.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 " />
[[Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier]], a renowned scholar and academician in whose honour the [[Government of India]] have issued a postage stamp,<ref name="Postage stamp">{{cite web | url=http://www.keralatourism.org/malabar/kottakkal-malappuram.php | title=Postage stamp | publisher=Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> founded Arya Vaidya Sala in 1902,<ref name="Brand Kerala">{{cite web | url=http://brandkerala.biz/detail/index.php?catid=12 | title=Brand Kerala | publisher=Brand Kerala | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> at [[Kottakkal]], a small town in [[Malappuram district]], in the Indian state of [[Kerala]], where he hailed from. It began as a small clinic for outpatient treatment and sale of ayurvedic medicines.<ref name="AVS About">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(iihomiq3mb4mmu55b0arah45))/about_avs.aspx | title=AVS About | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Fifteen years later, Warrier established the ''Arya Vaidya Patasala'' (School of Ayurvedic Medicine), in the town of [[Kozhikode]] teaching under the [[Gurukula]] method.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_D_bc8IGA | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref> The school was shifted later to Kottakkal and has transformed itself into a Medical College, ''Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College'', affiliated to the [[University of Calicut]].<ref name="Medical College">{{cite web | url=http://www.kottakkalayurvedacollege.ac.in/ | title=Medical College | publisher=Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Since 1944, when Warrier died, the clinic has been managed by the, ''Kottakkal Charitable Trust'' as per the provisions of his [[Will and testament]].<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 " /><ref name="Brand Kerala" /> Warrier was conferred the title of ''Vaidyaratnam'' (jewel among physicians) by the Government of [[British India]] in 1933.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 " />


After the death of P. S. Warrier, his nephew, P. Madhava Warrier (P. M. Warrier) took over the position as the Chief Physician and became the first Managing Trustee of the charitable trust in 1944.<ref name="Brand Kerala" /><ref name="AVS About" /> He is reported to have modernized the institution and initiated many efforts for the growth of the institution.<ref name="Brand Kerala" /> Madhava Warrier died in an air crash in 1953<ref name="AVS About" /> and the next head of the institution was his youngest brother, [[P. K. Warrier]], a renowned physician and the winner of the civilian award, [[Padma Shri]], who is the incumbent Managing Trustee and the Chief Physician.<ref name="The Hindu PK Warrier">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/pk-warrier-turns-90/article2080601.ece | title=The Hindu PK Warrier | work=The Hindu | date=6 June 2011 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>  His duties are shared by P. M. Warrier who is the Chief Superintendent of the institution.<ref name="The Hindu PK Warrier" /><ref name="India Today PM Warrier">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/neymar-brazil-star-kerala-docs-ayurveda-fifa-world-cup/1/370493.html | title=India Today PM Warrier | publisher=India Today | date=9 July 2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>
After the death of P. S. Warrier, his nephew, P. Madhava Warrier (P. M. Warrier) took over the position as the Chief Physician and became the first Managing Trustee of the charitable trust in 1944.<ref name="Brand Kerala" /><ref name="AVS About" /> He is reported to have modernized the institution and initiated many efforts for the growth of the institution.<ref name="Brand Kerala" /> Madhava Warrier died in an air crash in 1953<ref name="AVS About" /> and the next head of the institution was his youngest brother, [[P. K. Warrier]], a renowned physician and the winner of the civilian award, [[Padma Shri]], who is the incumbent Managing Trustee and the Chief Physician.<ref name="The Hindu PK Warrier">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/pk-warrier-turns-90/article2080601.ece | title=The Hindu PK Warrier | work=The Hindu | date=6 June 2011 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>  His duties are shared by P. M. Warrier who is the Chief Superintendent of the institution.<ref name="The Hindu PK Warrier" /><ref name="India Today PM Warrier">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/neymar-brazil-star-kerala-docs-ayurveda-fifa-world-cup/1/370493.html | title=India Today PM Warrier | publisher=India Today | date=9 July 2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>
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Of the four herbal gardens maintained by the group, two are located at [[Mannarkkad]], near Palakkad and [[Thrikkakkara]], in [[Ernakulam]]<ref name="Brand Kerala" /> and together, they measure over 200 acres.<ref name="Research Garden">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(nftu2sqoo0jhgebv5iiyjx55))/research_garden.aspx | title=Research Garden | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> AVS has two more demonstration gardens of lesser areas at Kottakkal,<ref name="Ayurveda Service">{{cite web | url=http://www.ayurvedaservice.info/en/node/101 | title=Ayurveda Service | publisher=Ayurveda Service | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043112/http://www.ayurvedaservice.info/en/node/101 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> making the total area to 220 acres<ref name="Kottakkal UK">{{cite web | url=http://kottakkal.co.uk/quality-of-herbs/ | title=Kottakkal UK | publisher=Kottakkal UK | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> and the gardens provide 44 varieties of herbs to the AVS factories.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 " /> The gardens permit research and studies to aspiring students which have precipitated several scientific papers and books. The [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC), Canada has collaborated on one of the projects, ''Medicinal Plants (India) Project''.<ref name="Ayurveda Service" /> Some of the notable works that came out of researches are:
Of the four herbal gardens maintained by the group, two are located at [[Mannarkkad]], near Palakkad and [[Thrikkakkara]], in [[Ernakulam]]<ref name="Brand Kerala" /> and together, they measure over 200 acres.<ref name="Research Garden">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(nftu2sqoo0jhgebv5iiyjx55))/research_garden.aspx | title=Research Garden | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> AVS has two more demonstration gardens of lesser areas at Kottakkal,<ref name="Ayurveda Service">{{cite web | url=http://www.ayurvedaservice.info/en/node/101 | title=Ayurveda Service | publisher=Ayurveda Service | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043112/http://www.ayurvedaservice.info/en/node/101 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> making the total area to 220 acres<ref name="Kottakkal UK">{{cite web | url=http://kottakkal.co.uk/quality-of-herbs/ | title=Kottakkal UK | publisher=Kottakkal UK | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> and the gardens provide 44 varieties of herbs to the AVS factories.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 " /> The gardens permit research and studies to aspiring students which have precipitated several scientific papers and books. The [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC), Canada has collaborated on one of the projects, ''Medicinal Plants (India) Project''.<ref name="Ayurveda Service" /> Some of the notable works that came out of researches are:
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* ''Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources''<ref name="Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources">{{cite book | title=Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co | author=V. V Sivarajan (Author), Indira Balachandran (Author) | year=1994 | pages=570 | isbn=978-8120408289}}</ref>
* ''Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources''<ref name="Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources">{{cite book | title=Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co | author1=V. V Sivarajan | author2=Indira Balachandran | year=1994 | pages=570 | isbn=978-8120408289}}</ref>
* ''Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile''<ref name="Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s5-GwAACAAJ | title=Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile | publisher=Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program in Asia (MAPPA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, South Asia Regional Office (SARO) |author1=Warrier P. K. |author2=Nambiar V. P. K. |author3=Ganapathy P. M. | year=2001 | location=Canada | pages=398}}</ref>
* ''Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile''<ref name="Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s5-GwAACAAJ | title=Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile | publisher=Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program in Asia (MAPPA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, South Asia Regional Office (SARO) |author1=Warrier P. K. |author2=Nambiar V. P. K. |author3=Ganapathy P. M. | year=2001 | location=Canada | pages=398}}</ref>
* ''Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977059&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1993 | isbn= 9788173717024}}</ref>
* ''Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977059&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. I | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1993 | isbn= 9788173717024}}</ref>
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* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977064&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. IV | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1995 | isbn= 9788173717055}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977064&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. IV | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1995 | isbn= 9788173717055}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977067&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. V | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1996 | isbn=9788173717062}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977067&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. V | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1996 | isbn=9788173717062}}
* {{cite book | title=Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co | author=V. V Sivarajan (Author), Indira Balachandran (Author) | year=1994 | pages=570 | isbn=978-8120408289}}
* {{cite book | title=Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co | author1=V. V Sivarajan | author2=Indira Balachandran | year=1994 | pages=570 | isbn=978-8120408289}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s5-GwAACAAJ | title=Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile | publisher=Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program in Asia (MAPPA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, South Asia Regional Office (SARO) |author1=Warrier P. K. |author2=Nambiar V. P. K. |author3=Ganapathy P. M. | year=2001 | location=Canada | pages=398}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s5-GwAACAAJ | title=Some important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India: a profile | publisher=Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program in Asia (MAPPA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, South Asia Regional Office (SARO) |author1=Warrier P. K. |author2=Nambiar V. P. K. |author3=Ganapathy P. M. | year=2001 | location=Canada | pages=398}}