KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 1

A joint collaboration of Nepal Ayurveda Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, and Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, successfully completed a workshop on 'Ayurveda for Well-being - Prospects and Challenges'.

The workshop organised through webinar was a part of weeklong celebration of 'Aarogya Saptaha' to observe 6th Ayurveda Day (Dhanwantari Jayanti) which is also celebrated as Rastriya Aarogya Diwas in Nepal. The event was attended by Rector of Tribhuvan University Shiv Lal Bhusal, Assistant Dean Dr Pradeep Vaidya and Ayurveda Campus Chief Dr Shiv Mangal Prasad.

First Secretary (Press Information and Culture), Embassy of India, Naveen Kumar also attended the event. He highlighted the usefulness of Ayurveda, particularly during the time of COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly 200 experts and enthusiasts from India, Nepal and other countries participated in the webinar.

Principal and Chief Physician at Ashtangam Ayurveda Chikitsalayam and Vidyapeedham, Kerala, India Dr Alathiyoor Narayanan Nambi and Dr SMS Samarakoon from Institute of Indigenous Medicine University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, shared their views as key note speakers in the webinar.

The event was organised as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. Dhanwantari Jayanti is celebrated on the thirteenth day of Kartik Krishna Paksha every year in commemoration of Lord Dhanwantari, founder of Ayurveda, a Vedic science of medicine.

Lord Dhanwantari is believed to have emerged from Samundra Manthan (ocean churning) holding a jar of Amrit (an immortalising drink) and a sacred text on Ayurveda.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 02, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.