Pilapitiya Ayurveda upholds a healing tradition over 150 years old, tracing back to Ayurvedic physicians from the Kandyan Kingdom. This legacy was elevated by Dr. Upali Pilapitiya, a globally recognized Ayurvedic scholar with academic qualifications obtained from Sri Lanka and Post graduate qualifications obtained from India including a PhD form The Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar. He has been trained in Acupuncture in Both China and Korea.

He served as the Director of the Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurveda Research Institute of the Department of Ayurveda, Ministry of Health; the premier institute of Research in Ayurveda and a tenure as the Secretary to the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine. He was an Ayurvedic Clinician par excellence, with a large population of patients being treated for many challenging conditions, including surgical problems like fistula in Ano. He pioneered the introduction of the “Kshara Suthra” treatment of Fistula in Ano in Sri Lanka.

Currently, Prof. Senaka Pilapitiya, a professor in Medicine and a physician qualified in both Ayurveda and Western medicine, representing the fifth generation of this unbroken lineage, leads the initiative.

Today, Pilapitiya Ayurveda stands as one of the oldest, multi-generational Ayurveda institutions in Sri Lanka, blending classical healing with clinical excellence.