Kalari Kovilakom

About the centre

Kalari Kovilakom is a palace in the old Vengunad kingdom, at Payyallur near the town of Kollengode in the eastern part of Palakkad district, close to the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. CGH Earth, the hospitality group that runs it, describes the place on its own website as a centre for Ayurveda in which treatment follows the tenets of traditional Ayurveda. CGH Earth lists it alongside its other Ayurveda centre, Kalari Rasayana, near Paravoor.
The website text we could confirm is short, so this listing does not name individual therapies, programme lengths or room types. Those are the points to settle with the centre directly, together with how its admission process works. The page also describes the palace as about 200 years old. Because the public description is brief, treat this entry as an introduction only, and rely on the centre for programme details, the physician's role and what a typical day involves.
Coimbatore is the nearest large airport city by road.

Who it suits

Guests who want a quiet heritage-palace setting for a residential Ayurveda programme and can plan well ahead.

Programme types listed on the centre’s site

• Residential Ayurveda programmes based on traditional principles

Questions to ask this centre

• Is there a minimum length of stay, and what does the admission process involve?
• Which therapies and consultations does a programme include, and who decides them?
• Which health details or reports do you need before accepting me?
• Can a companion who is not taking the programme stay with me?
• What are the transfer options from Coimbatore airport?