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Australian Association of Ayurveda celebrates "Ayurveda Day"
AAA was instrumental in the popularization of Ayurveda in Australia.
Councillor and former Mayor of Parramatta Sameer Pandey, Deputy Mayor of Strathfield Sandy Reddy, associate director NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, professor Dr. Dennis Chang, and president of AAA, Dr Naveen Shukla. / Photo By Saraswati Singh
The Australian Association of Ayurveda (AAA) celebrated "Ayurveda Day" at PHIVE Parramatta, Sydney on 23 November 2023. The event brought together experts, practitioners and community leaders to discuss and promote the traditional science.
Councillor and former Mayor of Parramatta Sameer Pandey served as the event’s chief guest. He lit the ceremonial lamp alongside Deputy Mayor of Strathfield Sandy Reddy, associate director NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, professor Dr. Dennis Chang, and president of AAA, Dr Naveen Shukla.
Pandey congratulated AAA for organising the event. Speaking of its significance he said, “Ayurveda has the potential to improve our lives and our job is as custodians of this ancient knowledge to bring Ayurveda into the mainstream."
Councillor and former Lord Mayor of Parramatta Sameer Pandey addressing the gathering / Photo by Saraswati SinghHighlighting the benefits of Ayurveda, Dr. Shukla interacted with the Ayurveda practitioners and discussed how it can be used to benefit the common people. Health issues and challenges that should be considered while formulating solutions to make Ayurveda effective for the public were also discussed.
Describing Ayurveda in Australia as a “treasure box”, Dr. Chang said, “There is great potential there are great things we could do to identify the interventions that can be used for the treatment and the prevention of some chronic diseases.”
AAA was instrumental in the popularization of Ayurveda in Australia. It was the outcome of the first International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine, known as ICTAM, organized by the renowned Indologist and head of the Department of Asian Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, professor A. L. Basham.
In 1979, ICTAM was the largest international gathering of like-minded scholars and practitioners of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, Korean traditional medicine, Japanese traditional medicine and other forms of medicine.
Group of Ayurvedic practitioners and researchers from all corners of Sydney attended the event / Photo By Saraswati SinghFrom India alone, over 40 eminent scholars, writers and medical representatives attended the event. Following that AAA was first registered in South Australia on February 9, 1988 under the Associations Incorporation Act 1985. Since then, Ayurveda, which means Ayur (life) and Veda (science or knowledge) is a familiar word to Australians.
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