Vice-President commissions statues of Charaka and Sushruta at Raj Bhavan, Goa
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar commissioned statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery' at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025 and called for evidence-based validation and digitisation of ancient texts.
Summary
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar commissioned the statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery' at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025. Speaking there, he called for evidence-based validation, digitisation, translation and cross-disciplinary study of ancient texts so that they are widely disseminated rather than confined to libraries, and lauded the WHO global centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 22 May 2025, Raj Bhavan, Goa
- By
- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Statues
- Charaka (Father of Ayurveda) and Sushruta (Father of Surgery)
- Call
- Evidence-based validation, digitisation and translation of ancient texts
- Lauded
- Global centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Statues of which two figures were commissioned by the Vice-President at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Charaka and Sushruta
The VP commissioned statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery'.
While speaking at Raj Bhavan, Goa in May 2025, the Vice-President lauded the global centre for traditional medicine located in:
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Correct answer: A — Jamnagar
The VP lauded the global centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar.