Poomully Mana - Palakkad
'Mana' means family house of the Namboodiri(Kerala Brahmins).Poomully Namboothiri family, whose ancestral home was known by the name “Poomully Mana,” resided in Urakam of Peruvanam village in the interiors of Kerala. This family lived in an era that dates back by about 900 years. They built the original Ammathiruvadi Temple and left all their ancestral wealth to the Goddess and its administration to the Kingdom of Kochi. The family then relocated to Peringode (present-day Palakkad).
In the 'Aithihyamala' (a collection of centuries-old stories from Kerala, covering a vast spectrum of lives, famous people and events), Poomully Mana features as one of the families that had a glorious history.Poomully Mana, was once recognized as one of the cultural centres in Kerala. The members of Poomully Mana were famous as practitioners and experts in Ayurveda, Rig-veda, Yoga, Kalari (martial-art)Music & other cultural arts. Late.Sri.Poomully Narayanan Namboodirippad(father of Aramthampuran & famous Rig-veda practitioner), Late.Sri. Poomully Raman Namboothiripad, the exceptionally talented student of the famous musician Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar and Late.Sri. Poomulli Neelakandan Namboothiripad (Aramthampuran) the inimitable ayurveda practitioner, are better known among them.
Many reowned personalities from within the country and abroad visits mana for Ayurveda treatments and for practice in arts & cultural forms.The Poomully Mana's buildings and structures are in traditional Kerala style architecture. They were reconstructed under the intiative of the Late Poomully Narayanan Namboodirippad, who was the father of Poomully Aramthampuran. The Poomully manor is a brilliant piece of architecture. Its authentic design was much appreciated worldwide. The manor was reconstructed by the gifted designer-architect Vellanezhi Namboothiripad, who also reconstructed the Koothambalam at the Thrissur Vadakkunnathan Temple.The Poomully family also encouraged research into the sciences, especially ayurveda.
The Mana's library still has a huge collection of ancient manuscripts and books on ayurveda and other sciences. The Kutipraveshika treatment(Rasayana Chikitsa) to be recorded in the last century, took place at Poomully Mana in the year 1953. Poomully Vasudevan Namboodirippad had undergone Kutipraveshika treatments, under the supervision of Poomully Aramthampuran and Vaidyamadham Valiya Narayanan Namboodiri. The name & fame of Poomully Mana came on the shoulder of authentic Ayrveda treatments, kalari chikitsa, cultural activities etc. and inumerous people have benefitted from this.
The "Poomully Way" of ayurvedic treatments, designed by Aramthampuran with reference to classical ayurveda texts, are being followed at Poomully Mana.With the expertise of Poomully Aramthampuran and the other members in ayurveda and related subjects, Poomully Mana became renowned as the "Mana for Ayurveda". Poomully Mana is being used as a heritage centre for ayurveda treatments, kalari, yoga etc., providing all the amenities that suit a contemporary lifestyle, without losing traditional values and principles which heighten the processes.