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P. K. Warrier

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P. K. Warrier
BornPanniyampally Krishnankuty Warrier
(1921-06-05)5 June 1921
Kottakkal,Malabar District,Madras Presidency,British India
(present dayMalappuram,Kerala,India)
Died10 July 2021(2021-07-10)(aged 100)[1]
Kottakkal,Malappuram,Kerala,India
OccupationAyurvedapractitioner
NationalityIndian
Period20th century
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Panniyampally Krishnankuty Warrier(5 June 1921 – 10 July 2021) was an IndianAyurvedapractitioner. He was born inKottakkal,Malappuram districtin theIndianstate ofKerala.[2]He was the chief Physician and Managing trustee ofArya Vaidya Sala.[3]He was the youngest nephew ofVaidyaratnam P. S. Varier,the founder of Arya Vaidya Sala.

Biography[edit]

Panniyampally Krishnankuty Warrier was born on 5 June 1921 inKottakkal,Malabar District.His parents were Thalappanna Sreedharan Namboothiri and Panniyampally Kunchi Varasyar. He was the youngest of their six children. He had his education from Raja's High School,Kottakkaland Zamorin's High School atKozhikode.He studied Ayurveda in Arya Vaidya Pathasala (now called Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College). He married Late Madhavikutty K. Varier, a poet and a Kathakali writer. He was Managing Trustee of the Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS) in Kottakkal and was also AVS's Chief Physician.[4]

His writings, speeches and research papers have been compiled under the titlePadamudrakal.He established a research laboratory for the identification of medicinal plants and to ascertain the chemical identity of their pharmaceutical constituents which grew into the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research.[5]

Heturned 100in 2021.[6]His 100th birthday was celebrated despite the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.A month later, on 10 July 2021, he died at his home in Kottakkal from COVID-19.[7][8][9]His body was cremated at the premises of his home on the same day. He is survived by two of his three children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His wife and one son predeceased him.

Writings[edit]

He wrote and published several research papers inethnopharmacologyandAyurvedaand co-authored the five volume treatiseIndian Medicinal Plants – A Compendium of 500 Species.[10]

Awards and honours[edit]

In 1999, he was awarded an honoraryD.LittbyUniversity of Calicut.[11]He won theKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and AutobiographyforSmrithi Parvamin 2008 and received the 30thDhanvanthri Awardfrom the then-governor of Maharashtra,P. C. Alexander,in 2010.[12]Warrier received thePadma Shriin 1999[13]and thePadma BhushanAward in 2010 from theGovernment of Indiafor his contribution toAyurveda.[14][15][16]Other notable awards include the "International Bhoopalman Singh Award" from Nepal, the "Dr. Poulos Mar Gregorios Award" for his contribution to the development of Ayurveda and the ‘Management Leadership Award’ instituted by Kerala Management Association (KMA),[17]and the 2009T. K. Ramakrishnan Award instituted by Abu Dhabi Sakthi Theatres.[18]A plant discovered by scientists at the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research of Kottakkal Aryavaidya Sala was namedGymnostachyum warrieranumin his honour.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^Gangadharan, G. G. (2010)."Padmashri P. K. Warrier, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal".Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine.1(1): 66–67.doi:10.4103/0975-9476.59831.ISSN0975-9476.PMC3149397.PMID21829305.
  2. ^GG Gangadharan."Padmashri P. K. Warrier, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal".Retrieved3 October2010.
  3. ^"About Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala".Archived fromthe originalon 15 November 2010.Retrieved10 November2010.
  4. ^GG Gangadharan."Padmashri P. K. Warrier, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal".Retrieved3 October2010.
  5. ^NS Arun."P.K. Warrier—Epitome of a Glowing Ayurveda Tradition".Retrieved5 June2021.
  6. ^"P.K. Warrier—Epitome of a Glowing Ayurveda Tradition | Ayurveda Magazine".
  7. ^"Dr PK Warrier, man who brought Ayurveda to masses, dies at 100".The Indian Express.10 July 2021.Retrieved10 July2021.
  8. ^K. R. Rajeev (10 July 2021)."Kerala: Doyen of Ayurveda, Dr P K Warrier passes away | Kozhikode News - Times of India".The Times of India.Retrieved10 July2021.
  9. ^"Ayurveda doyen PK Warrier passes away aged 100".10 July 2021.
  10. ^GG Gangadharan."Padmashri P. K. Warrier, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal".Retrieved3 October2010.
  11. ^"Calicut University honorary degree recipients"(PDF).University of Calicut. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 7 November 2013.Retrieved8 April2013.
  12. ^"30th Dhanvantari Award conferred to Dr. P. K. Warrier".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved3 October2010.
  13. ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 October 2015.Retrieved21 July2015.
  14. ^Padma Bhushan Awardees
  15. ^"Aamir, Rahman awarded Padma Bhushan".The Hindustan Times.31 March 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2011.Retrieved3 October2010.
  16. ^"AMMOI felicitates Dr P K Warrier, E T Narayanan Mooss in Thrissur".Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2016.Retrieved3 October2010.
  17. ^"Dr. P. K. Warrier - Keral Tourism".
  18. ^"അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാർഡുകൾ".Puzha.com. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  19. ^Staff Reporter (19 February 2016)."Western Ghats plant named after P.K. Warrier".The Hindu.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved11 July2021.

External links[edit]

  1. ^"Award ceremony".YouTube.Retrieved7 August2014.[dead YouTube link]
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