Kurur Neelakandan Namboodiripad was a freedom fighter and disciple of Mahatma Gandhi.
He was one of the first few leaders in Kingdom of Cochin and in Thrissur District to form Indian National Congress.
In 1920, he met Mahatma Gandhi in Kozhikode and asked for permission to join the Indian independence movement.
When Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi first came to Thrissur, Kurur was the host.
[4] Namboodiripad with P. W. Sebastian started Lokamanayan newspaper in Thrissur city for creating more awareness of the Indian independence movement.