Vaidya D V Anand, forefather of Vaidya Deevi Venkatacharyulu, who lived in the period of Pandit D Gopalacharyulu, started the Sanathana Ayurveda Ashrama with a manufacturing unit, OPD & IPD Hospital at Vanukuru, AP. Sriman Vaidya Venkatacharyulu was awarded “Raja Vaidya” in 1927 by the King of Muktyala & he won the gold medal in Ayurveda Congress in the year -1930. His son Vaidya Lakshmanacharyulu and his two brothers continued the progeny. On the banner of Lakshmi Ayurveda Hospital & the pharmacy, Vaidya Lakshmanacharyulu started his own patent in the year 1934. All five sons continued AS medical professionals. His elder son, Dr. Yoganand also worked as a physician.

The current generation of the same lineage is Vaidya D V Anand, MD (Kaya-chikista). Vaidya D V Anand completed B.A.M.S in 1993 from Venkataramana Ayurveda College, Chennai. He did his Post-graduation in the Dept. of Kayachikista in 2001 from Ayurveda Mahavidyala, Hubli. He obtained PG-Diploma in Yoga at Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. He was awarded the tile “Charaka Parampara Dhureena” from SSIT, Tumkur in 2020. He received the award, “Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam lifetime achievement national award” on 23rd April 2022. He worked as a principal of Ashwini Ayurveda College, Tumkur. At present he is guiding the PG scholars in the same college.

Vaidya D V Anand started the Vijaya Ayurveda Ashram in 1995 in a rented building. It is presently running in Tumkur, Karnataka. He struggled a lot in successfully treating COVID-19 patients, more than 500 of them, in spite of non-cooperation from the Government. He has treated through Ayurvedic Science, dreadful diseases like Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, Carcinoma, Brucellosis, CKD, Ascites, Cirrhosis of the liver, Hypo-plastic Anaemia, Azoospermia and others.