Eminent Ayurvedic physician Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss a.k.a. E. T. Narayanan Mooss passed away on Wednesday. He was the Chief Physician and Managing Partner of Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010, the Bharat Ratna in 2012 and the prime minister’s Swadeshi award for his contribution to the field of Ayurveda.

He was also the founder of Ollur Vaidhyaratna Ayurveda College under Calicut University, Nursing college, three Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing units, Ayurvedic research centre under Centre’s Ayush department and a charity hospital.