| The Martuvam Healing Forest began in 2002 with a piece of barren wasteland, a man with a dream and some help from his friends. The land is part of the international Township of Auroville, located on its outer perimeter next to the Tamil village of Annainagar. The man is Sivaraj, who with the help of his wife, his daughter and as they grow up his two sons, has developed the land into a “Healing Forest”. |
| First he planted trees and bushes which are known for their healing qualities in the traditional Indian medicine system of “ Siddha” medicine. The ground-breaking work was supported by Lisa Borstlap of Holland, Auromics and Palmyra of Auroville, and the back-braking input of Ivar Jenten and Johnny Allen of Auroville. |
| Now the land is covered with thousands of medical plants, bushes, trees of more than 100 varieties, flourishing, blossoming, giving their shades, leaves, roots and essence into his project. |
| Friends from the Pitchandikulam Bio Resource Centre of Auroville, where one worked,gave an enormous amount of information, seedlings |
| and encouragement. |
Now Martuvam Healing Forest contains different projects:
Herbal Garden
Siddha Clinic
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