Ayurveda, then I shall make a living by selling Panchan (Ayurvedic laxative).” With a view to reviving the glory of Ayurveda, lost over the ages mainly due to India's rule by foreign powers and their lack of support for ancient Indian traditions, Dr. Ray set up the Vaidyaraj Pharmacy that sold only Ayurvedic medicines. He and his staff at the pharmacy made pioneering attempts to standardise Ayurvedic medicine in accordance with modern scientific methods. His fame soon spread far and wide. To raise awareness and fund his research – he increased his fees from Rupees 4 to Rupees 32, while treatment of poor people who couldn't afford his fees was always free. Out of town trips to visit wealthy patients cost them Rupees 1,000 – which they gladly paid. His patients included the Maharajas of Gwalior, Indore and Tipperah. By 1915 he was sort of a celebrity in the field of Ayurvedic medicine, and that year was elected President of the 7th All India Ayurvedic Conference in Madras. During that visit to the Southern city, he was highly impressed with the functioning of and the amenities at Madras Ayurvedic College and decided he would establish a similar institution in his native Calcutta. In 1916, at a rented house on 29 Fariapukur Street, he set up the Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital. Dr Ray's practical idealism for amalgamating the ancient with the modern soon caught the attention of Mahatma Gandhi; and 9 years later, on 6 May 1925, it was Gandhi who laid the foundation stone for the institute's new building on Raja Dinendra Street – where the J B Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital still stands. In 2016 the college celebrated its centenary. Philanthropy Aside from contributing Rupees 70,000 of his own money for the construction of the new buildings, in his last will Kaviraj Jamini Bhushan Ray bequeathed to his institution large portions of immovable property that he owned at various place in India. These include: 13 Cottahs (9,360 square feet) of land in upscale Ballygunge neighbourhood of Calcutta. 6 Cottahs (4,320 square feet) of land on Grey Street (in the Central business district), Calcutta. 12 Bighas (172,800 square feet) of land including his garden house at Patipukur The Patipukur TB Hospital is currently located on this landed property His estate in Kurseong, a hill station nestled in the Himalayas near Darjeeling. His estate in Ranchi, capital