History 
Established a hundred years before, the Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam is a singular organization in preserving and promoting the principles and practices of Ayurvedic Medicine, internationally. Running on charitable lines with no profit - no loss motto, the Samajam today is engaged in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Dispensaries, Teaching & Training programmes, Research & Development activities, Cultivation of medicinal plants & Manufacture of herbal medicines, Ayurveda Therapeutics and Rejuvenation Practices, Panchakarma & related therapies, and most importantly in Preventive Health Care concepts. Branched out to 7 centres including to the Andamans, the Samajam caters to the needs of a large population from different parts of India and abroad. 

Beyond commercialization and competition, Samajam still remains on ethical lines in Medical Practice.

A hundred years before two princely states in Kerala, the Kochi and the Malabar were always at enmity and the bone of their contention was the loss of the 'Perumpadappu swaroopam' of Kochi to the Zamorins of Malabar. They never met in peace but in war; and, a historic exception was made once when they met, not to discuss any princely or royal matters but to create an organization to serve the public on health related matters and, thus formed the Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam.

In 1902, the first ever congress of the Samajam was convened at Chalappuram in Kozhikode. The first annual meeting witnessed the presence of the Manavikrama Ettan Raja, the Zamorin of Calicut and the Ramavarma  Appan Thampuran, the 6th prince, the Kunjunnithampuran of the Kochi State. The assemblage also included the presence of stalwarts like Kochunni Thampuran, Kavalappara Mooppil Nair, Chirakkal Ramavarma Ilaya Raja, K.C. Veerarayan Raja, Kollankottu Raja, Vasudeva Raja, Kuroor Damodaran Namboodirippad, Thriprangod Parameswaran Mooss,  Rao Bahadhur M.C. Krishna Varma Raja, Vengayil Kunji Raman Nair and P.S. Warrier. The first ever administrative body of the Samajam was formed thus with Sri. K.R. Padmanabha Iyer becoming its first Secretary. And, at this first annual meeting, the name “Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam” was introduced, 55 years before the State of Kerala was formed.