Jamnagar is home to India's only Ayurvedic University. Dhanvantri Mandir was built under the personal supervision of Dr. Pranjivan Manekchand Mehta, Chief Medical Officer of Guru Govind Singh Hospital. After independence it gained the status of Ayurvedic University. Ayurvedic medicine, yoga and naturopathy are taught in diploma and degree courses. Gujarat Ayurvedic University being a premiere institution of Ayurveda and W.H.O. collaborative center became a center of attraction for foreigners. Students from Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius came here for regular P.G. degree course. The University started a three-month introductory course in Ayurveda in 1990. Since then students from the all over the world have come to this University to attend various courses. In 1998 the University has broadened its objectives and set a goal to popularize Ayurveda in foreign countries and opened all its courses for foreigners. Many new courses have been introduced exclusively for foreign nationals.
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