Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss | |
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| Born | (1933-09-15)15 September 1933 |
| Died | 5 August 2020(2020-08-05) (aged 86) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician,Business |
| Spouse | Sathi Antharjanam |
| Children | Neelakandan Mooss (Jr.), Parameswaran Mooss, Shailaja Mooss |
| Parent(s) | Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss Devaki Antharjanam |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan Swadeshi Puraskar Akshaya Puraskar Chikitsak Guru Lifetime Achievement Award Living Legends Award Best Acharya Award |
| Website | Official website |
Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss (15 September 1933 – 5 August 2020) was anAyurvedic physician, the Chief Physician and the Managing Partner ofVaidyaratnam Oushadhasala. He was awarded thePadma Bhushan in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medicine specific to Ayurveda.[1]
Narayanan Mooss was born on 15 September 1933. He belonged to a family of traditional Ayurvedic physicians ofashtavaidyans (a title conferred upon the family by theViceroy of India,Lord Reading, in 1924[2]) to Devaki Antharjanam andE. T. Neelakandhan Mooss . He was named after his grandfather, in accordance with family tradition. He learnedAyurveda from his father, a well known Ayurvedic physician andPadmashri award recipient, and his uncle, Vayaskara N.S. Mooss.[3]
After early schooling byGurukula system in Ollur, he joined the family's Ayurvedic clinic to assist his father, and later worked atVaidyaratnam 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. He mastered the eight branches of Ayurvedic system of medicine.[4]
He took over the family establishment in 1954 and developed it into a group which now comprises anAyurvedic 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.[5]
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 ofKerala andSanskrit literature.[6]
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