Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier
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Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier was an Ayurvedic physician from Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 who in 1902 founded Kottakal Arya Vaidya Sala organization for the manufacture and sale of ayurvedic medicines. The Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

has issued a postage stamp bearing his image.
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