Dada Vaidya
Dada Vaidya | |
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 Portrait of Vaidya | |
| Born | 8 September 1859 Keri, Goa, Portuguese India |
| Died | 6 March 1947 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
Ramchandra Pandurang Vaidya (8 September 1859 – 6 March 1947), better known as Dada Vaidya, was a Portuguese ayurvedic practitioner.[1] He used to extract medicines from various plants in Goa and administer them to ailing persons.
Though the Portuguese Government was advocating allopathic medicines by law, Vaidya had the privilege of Portuguese officers as he treated their family members who had lost hopes of curing by adopting allopathic medicines successfully. The Portuguese government at the central square of Pondà to show their gratitude for him erected a statue of Vaidya.[2]
Social work
In 1911, Vaidya with Sitaram Kerkar and Vinayak Sarjyotishi founded the Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal and its first institution, A.J. de Almeida High School, in the Pondà, Portuguese Goa.[3]
Further reading
References
- ^ "Heritage treasures of Ponda".
- ^ "Ayurved in Goa".
- ^ Vaz, J. Clement. Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present.