Patayat Sahu: Today, Ayurveda has been in practice for about 3,000 years as a traditional system of medicine in India, which has attracted the attention of the whole world in the last years. Herbs obtained from nature work to improve health, although earlier people did not know much about these medicines, but as soon as the corona epidemic knocked, people have adopted herbs as immunity-boosting mantras. . This is not a new model. Medicinal production and consumption is taking place in the country since ages. Till now only the mountainous and snowy areas of the Himalayas were considered to be the storehouse of medicines, but due to increasing awareness about them, now they are being cultivated in the plains. Patayat Sahu, a 65-year-old farmer from Kalahandi in Orissa, had started this work several decades back.
PM Modi also praised
Recently, Odisha’s farmer Patayat Sahu has been awarded the Padma Shri Award 2023 for his special contribution in the field of agriculture. You must be thinking that what is the big deal in growing medicines, but you will be surprised when you come to know that Patayat Sahu grows about 3,000 medicines on his 1.5 acres of land.
He has made his own herb garden, which is open to the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi After the 81st episode of the program ‘Mann Ki Baat’ came into limelight. Praising Patayat Sahu, PM Modi had said that Patayat Sahu, who lives in Nandol, Kalahandi, Orissa, is doing unique work in the field of agriculture. By taking the production of 3,000 medicines from one and a half acres, the detailed information about them has also been documented.
Herb Garden prepared organically
Let us tell you that Patayat Sahu has prepared his herb garden in Kalahandi without any chemicals or pesticides. Here every medicine is grown by organic method only. 65 year old farmer Patayat Sahu himself takes care of his herb garden.
Patayat Sahu, who has spent his whole life among herbs and greenery, considers every plant in his garden as a member of his house. He spends all his time in his 1.5 acre garden. Even at this age, Patayat Sahu will tell you the details of every medicine by mouth.
Of course, Patayat Sahu is a small farmer doing medicinal farming on 1.5 acres of land, but his big thinking has made him recognized across the country today. It is always the endeavor of farmer Patayat Sahu to develop an understanding among common people about medicinal plants. If people get connected with them, then it will help in living a healthy life.
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