Kalinga herbal fair inaugurated in Berhampur

*Aim is to promote Indian traditional system of healing *Herbal product manufacturers from different places take part in it *Major attraction of the fair is ‘Vaidyasala’

BERHAMPUR: With an aim to promote Indian herbal tradition of healing, the second regional Kalinga Herbal Fair was inaugurated in the city on Friday evening. This three-day herbal fair is being organised by the Orissa’s Forest and Environment Department and the State Medicinal Plant Board. It was inaugurated by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, Chandrasekhar Kumar. Chief conservator of forests, K.R. Singh, Regional Chief Conservator of Forests, J.P.Singh and Berhampur Divisional Forest Officer, A. K. Jena were present during the inaugural ceremony, which was coordinated by the secretary of the Nikhila Utkal Vaidya Sammelan, Sagar Ranjan Tripathy.

This Herbal Fair is aimed at promoting medicinal plant sector in the State. It aims at providing a platform for direct interaction between medicinal plant collectors, traders, exporters, Ayurvedic pharmacies, herbal product manufacturers and consumers. Herbal product manufacturers from different parts of Orissa took part in this fair.

At several stalls raw herbs were also being sold. It was also platform to promote the traditional healers of rural areas of the State or the ‘Vaidyas’.

A major attraction of this fair was the ‘Vaidyasala’, where traditional herbal healers provided instant herbal remedies for common ailments for the visitors. The guests of the inaugural ceremony termed these traditional healers as persons who had till date played a major role in keeping alive the herbal remedies of India.

Source: The Hindu