Our Heritage

The promoters of Ayur Vaidyanath is from Kuttimackel Krishna vilasam family, located at Thampalakkad, Kottayam District, which is a branch of famous vaidya family "Narayanam Packel". Situated at Mithrakkari, Alappuzha (District) of Kerala, Narayanam Packel Vaidyas are practicing Ayurveda for more than last 400 years.

Narayanampackel Vaidyas are a branch of “Koratty Family” who were very famous in Visha Chikitsa and Kaivisha Chikitsa and who believed to be originated from Northern Kerala, and may be from Koratty which is now in Thrissur district [around 40 Kms from Thrissur and 50 Kms from Ernakulam]. They were believed to be very famous in Visha Chikitsa and Kaivisha Chikitsa. Once the King of Edappally royal family (Cochin Royal family) is affected by “Kaivisha” and many Vaidya’s are tried but failed to cure the king. Later one of the famous Vaidya of the Koratty family cured the King from the Kaivisha that affected him for a long period.

The King become happy and as an honour, he gifted land to the Vaidya at Thiruvalla [in Pathanamthitta District] , which was under Cochin royal family at that time period. And thus the Vaidya of Koratty family settled at Thiruvalla. Later a branch from Koratty family settled at Mithrakkari, Alappuzha district believed to be because of influence of Chempaasseri Raja. Manuscripts dealing with Ayurveda treatments are found from the family and a detailed study revealed that the manuscript is written between a period 1300 AD – 1600 AD.

The Narayanam Packel family have a long tradition in practicing Ayurveda especially in Visha Chikitsa [Ayurvedic Poison treatments including management of snake poison] and Jyothisha [Astrology] and still today the tradition continues in the family. Shri Eravi Pillai, (approx.: 1790-1860) is one among the Vaidya from Narayanampackel Family who was very famous for his Ayurvedic treatments and received many honors from the rulers of the land. Dr. K R Gangadaran Nair (Retd Medical officer, Govt of Kerala, Kuttimackel Krishna Vilasam, Thampalakkad, Kanjirappally, Kottayam,) who commonly known as Kuttimackel Vaidyan is among the famous Ayurevdic practitioner from our family who passed away in 2015. He was among the members of the initial batches of Ayurveda Doctors in Kerala who got their formal degree in Ayurevda from Government Ayurvedic College, Trivandrum under University of Kerala, Trivandrum. Vaidya Vasudevan Nair, is the present head of Narayanam packel family and he is a Traditional Ayurveda practitioner especially in Viṣa Vaidya.