National Ayurveda Day

• National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every year on the occasion of Dhanvantari Jayanti or Dhanteras.

• This year, the theme of Ayurveda Day is 'Ayurveda for One Health' with the tag line 'Ayurveda for Everyone, Every Day'.

• National Ayurveda Day was started in 2016. It was started with the aim of promoting Ayurveda in the mainstream.

• The word 'Ayurveda' means 'knowledge of life'. It contains two Sanskrit words.

• 'Ayu' means 'life' and 'Veda' means 'knowledge' or 'science'.