The memories of a key freedom fighter from Shoranur who followed Gandhi to the core by dedicating his life to Gandhian ideals are fast fading into oblivion with his house and office lying in total neglect.
Raghava Poduval aka Raghavji from Paruthipra, Shoranur, had taken part in the historic Dandi March along with Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. He converted his 3.5-acre ancestral land on the banks of the Bharathapuzha for the promotion of Gandhian ideals by setting up an ashram-like home.
A handloom centre he set up there offered training and classes in charka, and promoted gingelly oil production by cultivating sesame, honey farming, and soap making until he died in 1992. One of the close disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, Raghavji was a Gandhian to the core.
