Kaumudi teacher (16 July 1917, Vayakkara - 4 August 2009) was a Gandhian and an Indian freedom activist from Kannur, Kerala.
[1] Kaumudi Teacher, a Gandhian, renounced gold ornaments to Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1934, for the cause of freedom struggle.
[2] She later began to take interest in the India freedom struggle and pledged to not wear ornaments after her act of renunciation for the cause of Harijans in 1934.
[citation needed] Answering Gandhi's appeal for donation, Kaumudi Teacher gave her gold ornaments to him for the larger cause of the Indian freedom movement.
[citation needed] After Gandhi finished giving his speech at Badagara, he had made a reasoned appeal to the women present for jewellery to be donated for raising funds for the Harijan Sahaya Nidhi.
[citation needed] She died a spinster at her brother's residence at Kadachira, after struggling with age-related health problems.
The ceremony observed, the Additional District Magistrate Sudheer Babu also placing a wreath on behalf of Chief Minister V.S.