Ayurvedic treatment available on the coast model for the world: Laxmi Hebbalkar
ayurvedic treatment
of the undivided
Dakshina Kannada
district has become a model for the entire world.
Ayurveda
has a history of 5,000 years, and the entire country has embraced ayurvedic treatment, said Laxmi Hebbalkar, minister for women and child development.She was speaking at the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art diagnostic unit at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College of Ayurveda Hospital & Research Centre, at Kuthpady in Udupi, on Saturday.
The minister said the SDM College is conducting excellent research in ayurveda across the country."I used to visit SDM College in Ujire every year with my family for ayurvedic treatment. Now, we go to the same institution's Kshemavana near Bengaluru. Ayurvedic treatment is soothing to the mind," Hebbalkar said, adding that recently, there has been more trust in ayurveda compared to allopathy.In the north Karnataka region, there is a large number of devotees for Lord Manjunatha of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala. "Manjunatha signifies such deep faith and devotion," she said.On this occasion, college principal Dr Mamatha KV, medical superintendent Dr Nagaraj S, college director Prasanna Rao, head of pharmacy department Muralidhar Ballal, and other staff members were present.
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