Counted amongst the renowned Ayurvedic doctors is Sri Selvam Ayurveda Clinic in Muthamil Nagar-Kodungaiyur, Chennai. Since 2002, this medical professional has been running a clinic and practicing the ancient medical science of Ayurveda. Having many years of expertise in this domain of medical expertise, this doctor has attended to countless patients.

The main classical Ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the Gods to sages, and then to human physicians. In Sushruta Samhita, Sushruta wrote that Dhanvantari, Hindu god of Ayurveda, incarnated himself as a king of Varanasi and taught medicine to a group of physicians, including Sushruta.