articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2013 siddhalepa group think ayurveda industry medicine founded sri lanka 1971 headquarters ratmalana sri lanka key people victor hettigoda founder products siddhalepa balm supirivicky sumudu visaka revenue us 1.0 billion 2013 website www.thinkayurveda.com siddhalepa is the trademark of a herbal balm that is believed to help to relieve body aches and pains . it is produced in sri lanka based on the forty five thousand year old medicinal practices of the subcontinent and was formally formulated in 1934 . the effectiveness of this balm has now been scientifically tested as well . history edit with a sum of rs . 2 500 victor hettigoda a trained ayurvedic physician began production of this balm in 1971 . hettigoda had spent 12 years under his father s tutelage learning the ancient secrets of ayurveda . his father also a physician had in turn learned the ancient science from his father and so it went back tens of thousands of years . hettigoda first sold the product by travelling around the country convincing boutique owners and small retailers of its effectiveness . his business has extended today to other products such as soaps and toothpastes . hendrick de silva hettigoda after studying ayurveda and jyothisha called astrology in english from his father proceeded to india to continue his studies under the yogis a traditional bharathic title for those who had transcended awareness and time in sacred ashrams at the foothills of the himalayas . he spent over 15 years in india perfecting his knowledge of ayurveda and jyothisha . an expert astrologer he was elected president of the astrological society of sri lanka at the time . this sri lanka related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title siddhalepa & oldid 730345854 categories health in sri lankasri lanka stubshidden categories orphaned articles from july 2013all orphaned articlesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 12 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view