Mandakini Narayanan (died 16 December 2006), popularly known as Ma, was an Indian Naxalite leader in Kerala.
[citation needed] Mandakini, along with her husband and daughter, led several agitations waged by Naxalites in Kerala.
She received a sentence of two and a half years during the emergency and was subjected to severe police excesses.
[citation needed] Mandakini was survived by her daughter K. Ajitha, Naxalite turned human rights activist and social reformer.
Ajitha now champions the cause of women-rights and fights against social evils and corruption through an organization named ANWESHI.