Guruprakash Ayurvedic Center

Hereditary Ayurvedic hospital with more- than- a-century-old legacy... Guruprakash Ayurvedic Centre was founded by Guru, Guruprakash (Ebraham Vaidyan) in 1899 at Kovalam, an internationally famed tourist destination in Kerala,. His followers were Joseph Vaidyan, Daniel Vaidyan, Hendry Vaidyan and Stuvert Vaidyan. Daniel Vaidyan was a friend and co-worker of Sree Narayana Guru, a great social reformer of Kerala. They both held consultation with people and gave them treatment at a place in Kunnumpuram, near Kovalam. At present, the fifth generation member, Shri D. H. Stuvert Vaidyan, who is the Managing Director of the Centre, oversees the functioning of the hospital. Dr. Pushpa Stuvert and Dr. Raja Ratnam are the Chief consulting doctors, here. Location Guruprakash Ayurvedic Centre is located at Vellar Junction on the way from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Kovalam. It is at a walking distance from the Kovalam junction. The building, which houses the Ayurvedic centre, stands on an ideal landscape with lush green surroundings. Our specialties Guruprakash Ayurvedic Centre has all the required facilities for rendering standard Ayurvedic treatments. Moreover, all treatments are charged nominally. The Centre also keeps a botanical garden, comprising more than 500 varieties of herbs. Fresh and medicated oxygen emanating from these herbs makes the atmosphere refreshing and rejuvenating. A solacing serenity prevails in this centre, which provides a conducive atmosphere for the treatment, yoga and meditation, all of which can be had from here. Guruprakash Ayurvedic Centre also doing Ayurveda therapy training certificate course. Panchakarma treatment, Natural treatment, Massage and Yogasanam are the areas we have specialized in. Well Equipped Medical Laboratory, and a registered Ayurvedic Medicine manufacturing unit under the name Gurupraksh Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals (Kovalam) are annexed to the centre. The herbs grown here are also used for preparing various medicines in the manufacturing unit. To carry out the Panchakarma treatments, Enna Thoni made of woods of trees such as Kanjiram and Veppu are used. (Enna Thoni is a wooden tub on which the patient is made to lie down, while undergoing the treatment). At present we have five Enna Thonies and five patients can be treated at a time.