India Post has issued a set of 12 postage stamps on master healers of AYUSH on 30th August 2019. A mix sheet also issued having 2 stamps each of the set.AYUSH consists of alternate medical systems of India AyurvedaYogaUnaniSiddha and Homeopathy.In India The Ministry of AYUSH was formed on 9th November 2014 to ensure the optimal development and propagation of AYUSH systems of health care.
Earlier it was known as the Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H) which was created in March 1995 and renamed as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in November 2003, with focused attention for development of Education and Research in Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy.AYUSH ministry released a wall calendar this year with the same theme “Master Healers of AYUSH”. This calendar depicts pictures of 12 master healers 1.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 2.Hakim Mohammed Ajmal Khan 3.Vaidya Shastri Shankar Daji Pade 4.Vaidya Bhaskar Vishwanath Gokhle 5. Vaidya Bhushanam K Raghvan Thirumulpad 6. Rajvaidya Shri Brihaspati Dev Triguna 7.Dr. Babu Rajendra Lal Dutta 8. Swami Kuwalayananda 9. Hakim Mohammed Abdul Aziz Lakhnawi 10. Vaidya Yadavji Trikamji Acharya 11.Dr. Dinshaw Mehta 12.Thiru T V Sambasivam Pillai
