About Us 'The city of Madurai is best known for its spectacular Hindu temples. Built several years ago, they still attract thousands of worshippers. But in recent years, Madurai has been attracting thousands of new visitors. These are not sightseers, rather they are people seeking to have their sight restored -pilgrims of modern medicine. (They come to Aravind Eye Hospital at Madurai which) many experts consider one of the finest eye hospitals in the world.' - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, 1989 Founded in 1976 by Dr. G. Venkataswamy, Aravind Eye Care System today is the largest and most productive eye care facility in the world. From April 2007 to March 2008, about 2.4 million persons have received outpatient eye care and over 285,000 have undergone eye surgeries at the Aravind Eye Hospitals at Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore and Puducherry. Blending traditional hospitality with state-of-the-art ophthalmic care, Aravind offers comprehensive eye care in the most systematic way attracting patients from all around the world.