Ayurveda in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

March 24th, 2007 | admin

Kerala is the only place where the rich tradition of Ayurveda is preserved. The biggest Ayurvedic College in India is at Thiruvanthapuram. There are also a variety of Ayurvedic hospitals, spas, and treatment centers which are frequented regularly by visitors from around the world.

Ayurvedic resorts, massage spas, therapy centers, etc are in large numbers in private sector too. A government and a private Ayurvedic college and a network of Ayurvedic treatment centers make Thiruvananthapuram the ideal place to seek Ayurvedic treatment.

The long tradition of love to Ayurveda is visible while checking the history of Government Ayurvedic Medical College itself. It was started as an Ayurvedic school to teach the members of royal family of erstwhile Travancore princely state. Later it was handed over to the government, it took form of a college and now is the main center of Ayurvedic research in Kerala and in India. A well maintained botanical garden with Ayurvedic medicinal plants etc all bear witness to the fervor with which Ayurveda is approached in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

A trip to the adobe of Agastya, the sage at Agastyarkoodam in Thiruvanathapuram is a special pilgrimage you can take while breathing the medicinal winds that bring with them the real smell of rarest Ayurvedic medicines that cant be found elsewhere.

Ayurveda in Thiruvananthapuram has influences from Tamil kalari chikitsa. Marma massaging, though so much associated with Ayurveda is more of a contribution from Kalaripayattu. The thaila (thailam) used in marma massages are all developed independently by kalari practitioners of the past. The medicated oils still are Ayurvedic herbal medicines.

Ayurvedic massage parlors at Kovalam, Varkala, etc forms only a very small portion of Ayurvedic treatment you can have from Trivandrum.

Ayurvedic treatment is the default treatment option for majority of people of Kerala. With the evergreen capital city, Ayurveda flourishes alongside the popularity of the location as a preferred tourism destination. Kerala is competent both as an Ayurvedic treatment center and worldÂ’s preferred getaway.