The All
India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under the Ministry of Ayush, has launched
the six-week-long Ayurveda Day 2022 programme. The theme for the celebration is
‘Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda’.

“‘Har Din
Har Ghar Ayurveda’ stresses on the need to create an awareness of ‘Ayurveda for
Holistic Health’ in every household. This will help our nation become healthy
and strong,” said the Minister of Ayush Sarabananda Sonawal.

The AYUSH Ministry
celebrates Ayurveda Day every year on Dhanvantari Jayanti and this time around,
it falls on October 23. The Ministry has joined hands with all other ministries
and government departments so that every citizen realizes the benefits
of the traditional system of medicine. AIIA was chosen as the nodal agency for conducting
the Ayurveda Day programme this year.

The Ayurveda
Day curtain raiser for the six-week long programme (12th September-23rd
October) saw the virtual participation of Sarabananda Sonawal, MoS for Ayush Dr.
Munjapara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Secretary Vaidhya Rajesh Kotecha, Special
Secretary P.K. Pathak and NCSIM chairman Vaidya Jayant Deopujari.

“The
six-week programme is a noble endeavor to take forward the vision of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. The success of this programme will be possible only if
we can reach every citizen of India, and therefore, over the coming
weeks, we will focus all our energies to interact with and sensitize people so
that the message of Ayurveda can percolate down to all levels,” Sonawal added.

“By joining
hands with other countries, we aim to take Ayurveda to every house and make
true the vision ‘From a Healthy India to a Health World’, Dr. Mahendrabhai
said.

The
programme will see participation from various ministries with the aim of 3Js –
Jan Sandesh, Jan Bhagidari, and Jan Aandolan.