Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Ayurvedic Co-operative Pharmacy ltd.(Asfa) was founded by His Holiness Shree Atmanand Saraswati Swami Maharaj. The Holy saint from Varanasi came to Surat and along with delivering religious discourses on “Gita” in the year of 1925, He started teachings of the ashram to the students and Later on, started teaching Ayurveda and started preparing Ayurvedic medicine for the needy and poor patients, at place where to day we have got renowned Ayurvedic drug Manufacturing co-operative pharmacy since 1949 this pharmacy Manufacturing about 310 Ayurvedic single and compound standard drugs as prescribed in the recognized books.