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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>

==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 " />

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>

==Profile==
The Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS) group of institutions has its headquarters in [[Kottakkal]] in [[Malappuram district]], located 16 kilometers from [[Malappuram]] and 48 kilometers from [[Kozhikode]]. Two of the hospitals run by the group are based at Kottakkal. The group consists of five hospitals of which one is a charitable centre,<ref name="Hospitals">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/op_hospitals.aspx | title=Hospitals | publisher=AVS | work=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> 15 branches,<ref name="Branches">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/branches.aspx?strText=O | title=Branches | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> a research centre,<ref name="Research">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/cmpr.aspx | title=Research | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> two medicine factories,<ref name="Factories">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/factories.aspx | title=Factories | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> a Marketing Division overseeing over 1500 retail outlets,<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 3 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_3ShrbsUSM | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 3 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref><ref name="Marketing">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/marketing.aspx | title=Marketing | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> and four herbal gardens.<ref name="Herbal Gardens">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/research_garden.aspx | title=Herbal Gardens | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> The group is reported to be treating over 800,000 patients, through consultation and in patient services.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 " /><ref name="Brand Kerala" /> Arya Vaidya Sala is credited with pioneering the concept of readymade ayurvedic medicines and dispensing ayurvedic medicines in the form of pills which are reported to have revolutionized the ayurvedic medicine system.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 2 " />

===Hospitals===
[[File:Kottakkal Arya Vaidya sala.jpg|thumb|upright|Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala has branches across India]]
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AVS group manages five hospitals with inpatient facilities with a total capacity of over 400 beds, three under the brand name of ''Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre'' (AH&RC) one under the name, ''Charitable Hospital'' and the fifth - a new Ayurvedic hospital at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. ''AH&RC Kottakkal'', the flagship hospital, is based in Kottakkal, and has a capacity of 300 beds. Established in 1954, the hospital provides traditional Kerala preparatory therapies along with classical [[panchakarma]] treatment. It is known to be a referral hospital and the patient profile is multiethnic.<ref name="AHRC">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/ip_kottakkal.aspx | title=AHRC | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> ''AH&RC Delhi'' is located at Karkardooma in East Delhi and is a 49 bedded facility.<ref name="Delhi">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(yyza1r55hbchko2jc3niwb2l))/ip_delhi.aspx | title=Delhi | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> ''AH&RC Kochi'' is situated in [[Thrikkakkara]] while the ''Ayurvedic Hospital Baddi'' is situated at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, www.aryavaidyasalabaddi.com.

The Charitable Hospital, based in Kottakkal, was started in 1924 and offers free consultation and treatment to the financially compromised.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 4 ">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaMjYhtJRqo | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 4 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}</ref> The hospital, which has a capacity of 140 beds, is composed of [[Panchakarma]], Poison treatment and clinical research wards, a surgical unit and a maternity home. The hospital claims that the free treatment provided by the hospital amounts to {{USD}} 900,000 annually. The unit is managed by the Ethical and the Research committees of Arya Vaidya Sala.<ref name="Ch Hospital">{{cite web | url=http://aryavaidyasala.com/(S(x34aghjo0xxxrev42ffosl55))/ip_charitable.aspx | title=Ch Hospital | publisher=AVS | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>

===Branches===
AVS group runs twenty seven branches of which seven are located in Kerala and eight at various other states in India. The branches in Kerala are placed at two locations in [[Aluva]], two places in Kochi, one each at [[Kannur]], [[Adoor]], and [[Thrikkakkara]] and a Sales Office in Malappuram whereas the out of state branches are at Delhi, [[Indore]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bengaluru]],[Mysuru] [[Chennai]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Jamshedpur]], [[Secunderabad]] and [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Branches" />

===Centre for Medicinal Plants Research===
Arya Vaidya Sala opened its research centre, ''Centre for Medicinal Plants Research'' (CMPR) in 2003, with financial assistance from [[Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts|Sir Dorabji Tata Trust]]. The centre is involved in the research on medicinal plants based on [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]], Tissue culture, Genetic resources, Phytochemistry, [[Plant anatomy|Anatomy]] and Extension activities and is equipped with a [[phytochemistry]] laboratory and a [[tissue culture]] laboratory. The administration is handled from an administrative office block. The centre is located in Kottakkal and has ongoing research programmes in association with the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) of the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Research" />

===Factories===
The group has manufacturing facilities at Kottakkal and [[Kanjikode]], near [[Palakkad]].<ref name="Brand Kerala" /> They are operated under license from the [[Drug Controller General of India|Drug Controller's]] office and has received ''Good Practices'' certification from the [[Government of Kerala]]. The units support the medicinal requirements of the hospitals run by the group as well as the [[over the counter]] sales at the retail outlets. The factories have in house [[Quality Assessment]] departments to oversee the manufacturing processes and are certified by the [[Bureau of Indian Standards]].<ref name="Factories" /> The total turnover of the manufacturing units is reported to be {{USD}} 19 million.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 1 " />

===Herbal gardens===
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 | 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>
* ''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. II''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. II">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977061&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. II | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1994 | isbn= 9788173717031}}</ref>
* ''Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. III''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. III">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/compendium-indian-medicinal-plants/ | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. III | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1994 | isbn=9788173717048}}</ref>
* ''Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. IV''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. IV">{{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}}</ref>
* ''Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. V''<ref name="Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. V">{{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}}</ref>
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===Marketing===
Over 1200 sales outlets have been lined up under the Marketing Division, which has its main office functioning in Kottakkal. The outlets are spread across the country, through franchise system. AVS outlets have also presence in United Arab Emirates,<ref name="Kottakkal UAE">{{cite web | url=http://www.kottakkalayurveda.ae/contact_us.php | title=Kottakkal UAE | publisher=Kottakkal UAE | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004113155/http://www.kottakkalayurveda.ae/contact_us.php | archive-date=4 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Germany,<ref name="Kottakkal UK" /> UK,<ref name="Kottakkal UK" /> and USA.<ref name="Kottakkal USA">{{cite web | url=http://www.kottakkalusa.com/ | title=Kottakkal USA | publisher=Kottakkal USA | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> These centres also act as a referral point for Arya Vaidya Sala inpatient services in India.<ref name="Kottakkal USA" /> It is known that Arya Vaidya Sala does not resort to brand building marketing techniques and keeps its sales and marketing clinic oriented.<ref name="Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 3 " />

==See also==
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* [[P. K. Warrier]]
* [[Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier]]
* [[Panchakarma]]
* Documentary on Arya Vaidya Sala in Malayalam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPbz-etmMI
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{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}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4773977061&searchurl=tn%3Dcompendium+indian+medicinal+plants | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. II | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1996 | isbn= 9788173717031}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/compendium-indian-medicinal-plants/ | title=Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Vol. III | publisher=Orient BlackSwan/ Universities Press | author=P K Warrier, V P K Nambiar & C. Ramankutty | year=1994 | isbn=9788173717048}}
* {{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 | 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}}

==External links==
* {{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}}
* {{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}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_3ShrbsUSM | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 3 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaMjYhtJRqo | title=Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - Part 4 | publisher=BBC World - India Business Report | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BFBqDv9XlE | title=Exterior view of Arya Vaidya Sala | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=22 May 2011 | access-date=26 December 2014}}

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