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Some time back I did some studies on Ayurveda and thought of writing about it as I have become An Ayurvedic Consultant as well! And then I found how My Grandfather began his Ayurveda Institute with his father Ayurvedic Vaidya Velum Perera Wickramarachchi.

Ayurvedic Vaidya Velum Perera Wickramarachchi above my: Great Grand Father ❤

Early life and education:
Gabriyal Perera Wickramarachchi (Sinhala: ජී. පී. වික්‍රමආරච්චි; 28 September 1889 – 29 March 1975) also known as Ayurveda Chakravarti Pandit Wickramarachchi was a distinguished eminent Ceylonese Ayurvedic physician, author, linguist, senator, lawyer (notary), lecturer and a philanthropist who founded Gampaha Siddhayurveda Vidyalaya which later became Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute of University of Kelaniya.

He received his primary education at Henegama Government School and secondary education at Uttharamulla Pirivena. He entered the Vidyodaya Pirivena in circa.1909 and graduated in oriental languages in 1913 with the title Rajakiya Pandit. In 1917 he sat for the notary exam and became a notary, in that same year he won a scholarship to Jamini Bhushan Ray Ashtanga Ayurvedic Vidyalaya in Calcutta. After three years of studying there he earned his degree of LAMS (Hons) in 1920 and the degree of Kaviranjan from Kaliya Ayurveda Bavan in 1921.

Wickramarachchi Veda Ralahami was a well disciplined devout Buddhist and rendered his service as the Editor of Sinhala Bauddhaya from 1914 to 1917 in request of the Buddhist revival leader Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala. His contribution for Journals, Magazines and Newspapers was enormous. He wrote five to six books on Ayurveda medicines and a route to a healthy life, even today some of his books such as “Bojana Sangrahaya”, “Lakdiva Raktha Roga Sangarahaya” are extremely popular books among the Ayurvedic practitioners and consider them as classics.

“දේශීය ශිල්ප ශාස්ත්‍ර පාදක කොට ගනිමින් චිරකාලීන පැවැත්මෙන් යුතු සෞභාග්‍යමත් සශ්‍රීක වූ දේශයක් උදෙසා විශ්වය පිළිබඳ තත්‍ය වූ ද පරිපූර්ණ වූ ද සුපරිශුද්ධ ඥාන සම්භාරයෙන් සුපෝෂිත කෘතහස්ත කුශලතාපූර්ණ සබුද්ධික සත්ප්‍රජාවගේ ප්‍රඥාලෝකයෙන් විභූෂිත ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය පරිමාධිපත්‍යය උදෙසා සිදුකෙරෙන මෙහෙවර” සංකේතවත් කරයි.

The Emblem Features.

1. Ola leaves Manuscript – Heritage of the Indigenous Knowledge 
    තල්පත් පුස්තකය – දේශීය ශිල්ප ශාස්ත්‍ර උරුමය
2. Moon and Sun 
    චන්ද්‍ර සූර්ය සංකේත – චිරකාලීන පැවැත්ම
3. Punkalasa with Lotus flowers 
    නෙළුම් මල් සහිත පුන් කලස – සෞභාග්‍යමත් දේශය
4. Two springs – stems with leaves – Prolificacy and Fertility
    පත්‍ර සහිත ශාඛාද්වය – ප්‍රවර්ධනය සහ සාඵල්‍යතාව
5. Bloomong Lotus with 16 petals – Purity and Perfectness of the Science and Knowdge about the Universe 
   පියුම්පත් 16කින් යුතු සුපිපි නෙළුම් මල – විශ්වය පිළිබඳ තත්‍ය වූ ද පරිපූර්ණ වූ ද සුපරිශුද්ධ ඥාන සම්භාරය
6. Couple of Swans holding the lightning lamp – Well-educated, skillful Intellectuals with love and compassion
    පහන් ටැඹ දරා සිටින හංස යුග්මය-සුපරිශුද්ධ ඥාන සම්භාරයෙන් සුපෝෂිත කෘතහස්ත කුශලතාපූර්ණ සබුද්ධික සත්ප්‍රජාව
7. Radiant Light – Wisdom 
    කිරණ මණ්ඩලය – ප්‍රඥාාව
8. The lion holding a sword in its right forepaw – sovereignty of Sri Lanka 
    කග පත සුරතින් දරා සිටින සිංහ රූපය – ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය පරමාධිපත්‍යය

ගම්පහ වික්‍රමාරච්චි දේශීය වෛද්‍ය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ නිළ ලාංඡනය මගින් සංකේතවත් කරයි.

Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine established

2021

2002

Commence of Postgraduate Degree Programme

Commence of BAMS Degree Programme

1998

01 March 1995

Affiliated to the University of Kelaniya

Affiliated to the University of Kelaniya as “Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute” through the Special Gazette Notification No. 862/8 dated 13/03/1995

11 Departments of Study Operated

Eleven (11) Departments of study operated to organize the academic activities: Departments of Ayurveda Fundamentals, Anatomy, Dravyaguna, Indigenous Rasa-Bahisajja, Rogavignana, Kayacikitsa, Desheeyacikitsa, Kaumaravurtha & stree roga, Shalya salakya, Languages, and Modern Sciences & Technology.

1989

1982

Incorporation of Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Vidyalaya under the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine

Review of the curriculum

The curriculum of the Vidyalaya was reviewed to be aligned it with that of the Gujarat Ayurveda University, India.

1976

1951

Declared as a state recognized academic institute of Ayurveda and indigenous medicine in Sri Lanka.

“Dhathovya Cikithsagara” and “Siddhayrveda Rasayanovshada samagama” were established in response to the demand for practical clinical training opportunities of the trainees.

1932

19 July 1929

Gampaha Sri Lanka Siddhayurveda Vidyalaya

Founded on 19 July 1929 as the center of learning for the scholars of the Siddhayurveda traditions and indigenous medicine. Popularly known as “Father of Revived Ayurveda”, Ayurveda Chakravarthi Pandith G.P. Wickramarachchi was the founder of this center of indigenous medical studies.

First Board of Management

The first Board of Management of the Vidyalaya was comprised of Vidyodaya Parivenadipathi Rev. Kahave Sri Sumangala thera, the Director of the Vidyalaya Pandith G.P.Wickramarachchi, and educated Ayurveda doctors, Vaidya Donald Obeysekara, Vaidya Velum Perera Wickramarachchi and Vaidya D.S.Jayakody

1929

Origin and Development

Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine is the successor higher educational Institution of Sri Lanka Siddhayurveda Medical College founded by Ayurveda Chakravarthi Pandith Gebrial Perera Wickramarachchi on 19 July, 1929 as the center of learning Siddhayurveda traditions of indigenous medicine.

Ayurveda Chakravarthi Pandith G. P. Wickramarachchi, the founder of Siddhayurveda Medical College, was born on the 20th September 1889. In 1917, he proceeded to Calcuatta Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya and studied there under Kaviraj Jamini Bhūshana Roy, one of the most eminent scholars of Ayurveda in India. He was graduated with L.A.M.S. degree (Bhishagratna). He founded this institute in his personal land in Yakkala with the support of contemporary leaders of national movement.

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