Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss (15 September 1933 – 5 August 2020) was an Ayurvedic physician and the Chief Physician and Managing Partner of Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala. He was awarded the

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in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medicine specific to Ayurveda.

Life Sketch

Narayanan Mooss was born into a family of traditional Ayurvedic physicians of ''ashtavaidyans'' (a title conferred upon the family by the

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, Lord Reading, in 1924) to Devaki Antharjanam and E. T. Neelakandhan Mooss on 15 September 1933. He was named after his grandfather, in accordance with family tradition. He learned

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from his father, a well known Ayurvedic physician and

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award recipient, and his uncle, Vayaskara N.S. Mooss. After early schooling by

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system in Ollur, he joined the family's Ayurvedic clinic to assist his father, and later worked at Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala, which his father founded in 1944. Under the rigorous tutelage of his father, Narayanan Mooss developed into a physician, widely considered to be one of the best exponents of traditional Ayurveda in India, mastering the eight branches of Ayurvedic system of medicine. He took over the family establishment in 1954 and developed it into a group which now comprises an Ayurvedic Medical College, two hospitals, 25 depots, 800 retail outlets, a herbal farm, a nursing college, an Ayurvedic research centre, three medicine manufacturing units and an Ayurvedic museum. After handing over the Group's management to his elder son E. T. Neelakandan Mooss Jr. and medical responsibilities to his second son, E. T. Parameshwaran Mooss, he led a semi-retired life at his ancestral home in Ollur. He was a lover of the traditional arts of

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and

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literature.

Awards

* Padmabhushan the

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, in 2010. * ''Swadeshi Puraskar'', instituted by the ''Swadeshi Jagaran Foundation'' for the year 1997 for services to Ayurveda from then Prime Minister of India, A. B. Vajpayee. * ''Akshaya Puraskar'' in 1988 for contribution to Ayurveda * ''Chikitsak Guru'', a title from ''Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth'', Government of India in 1991. * ''Life time Achievement Award'' in 2006 from Association of Chambers of Commerce * ''Living Legends Award'' in 2006 from Rotary Club,

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* ''Best Acharya Award'' in 2010 by

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References

External links

Group Web Site

official website
on Kerala Tourism
Vaidyaratnam Aurveda College
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Life Sketch

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