RadhaKrishna Menon (18 January 1924 – 4 October 2007) also known as Radhettan or Baba, is viewed as an ideal Gandhian who, through his life, showed the world how the teachings of the Mahatma could be implemented in a modern world.
Local people saw Gandhiji in Menon, learned about Gandhiji through Menon, and named him after Gandhiji.