Santhigiri Ayurveda Medical College has been established by Santhigiri Ashram imbibing the vision of its Founder NAVAJYOTHISHREE KARUNAKARA GURU.The first step towards realizing the vision of Guru was to start an Ayurveda Hospital. The Hospital was commenced at Olassery, Palakkad in 1997 by Guru himself catering to the needs of nearly 60 villages surrounding. It is situated adjacent to Santhigiri Palakkad Branch Ashram and on the banks of Bharatapuzha’s tributary Sokanashini Puzha (a river that cures sorrows) in the midst of paddy fields and palmtreesin full peace and tranquility.The college is established in the year 2002. It aims at bringing up a group of doctors of profound scholarship having deep basis of Ayurveda with scientific knowledge in accordance with Ayurvedic fundamentals with extensive practical training and above all possessing the great principles of Arogya Dharma Siddhantham envisioned by Guru.
Ayurveda, the science of life, is one of the Indian Medical Systems. The word Ayurveda is composed of two Sanskrit terms viz. ayu meaning life and veda meaning the knowledge and taken together it means the science of life. Ayurveda thus essentially a science which advocates the means to protect one’s health as well as to cure the diseases.
Ayurveda believes that every individual is a unique phenomenon. The individual is invisible from the cosmos. Whatever is there in macrocosm the same thing exists in the microcosm. Every individual is a manifestation of cosmic consciousness.