An Arogyadham (J.R.D.Tata Foundation for Research in Ayuveda & Yoga Sciences) was established in 1996 to provide life long health to the local people living particularly in rural areas of Chitrakoot region. It spreads over 43 acres of land on the bank of river Mandakini. It aims at providing a model for the realization of new life system by taking a total overview of human development with Yoga Naturopathy and Ayurveda. 2. to study the role of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy in attaining life long health of the rural people. Arogyadham has several facilities including: Ayurveda sadan (Research Laboratories), Swadhyaya Sadan (Library and Documentation Centre), Nidan Sadan (O.P.D. and Diagnostic Centre), Dental Department, Department of Rural Health, Swasthya Sadan (I.P.D.), Yoga and Naturopathy Centre, Matra Sadan (Mother and Infant Care Hospital), Ras-shala (Ayurvedic Pharmacy), Payashwini Swasthya (Residential Health Cottages), Vaidehi Swasthya Kuteer (Residential Health Cottages), Ahar-Vihar Sadan (Dietetics), Horticulture Department, Resource Centre, Education Research Centre, and Administrative Block.

In Arogyadham campus two herbal gardens of medicinal plants have been established - a Model Nursery and Herbal Garden. In the Model Nursery around 450 medicinal plants are planted. The objectives of developing Model Nursery are: 1. To conserve germplasm material of medicinal plants; 2. To educate the students, villagers, farmers etc. through training workshops about the uses and importance of various variety of medicinal plants; 3. To help them in plant identification; 4. To encourage them to grow medicinal plants in their kitchen garden/backyards; 5. To provide agro-technology of high value medicinal plants.

Each plant of the Model Nursery is properly labeled with local name, botanical name, family, parts used and name of diseases for which the plants are used.

In the Herbal Garden, large scale cultivation of important medicinal plants like Asparagus racemosus, Aloe vera, Andrographis paniculata, Withania somnifera, Rauvolfia serpentina, Phyllanthus embica etc. is being done as per the requirements of Arogyadham pharmacy.