For the first time AYUSH presented a float in the Republic Day Parade 2015. AYUSH the department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy got the new name as AYUSH in November, 2003 with a view for providing focused attention to develop Education & Research in Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy systems. The Department continued to lay emphasis on upgradation of AYUSH educational standards, quality control and standardization of drugs, improving the availability of medicinal plant material, research and development and to create awareness about the efficacy of the systems domestically and internationally. In the float of AYUSH, Siddha system of Medicine got a projection by expressing internal as well as external treatment aspects like Varmam & Thokkanam.
