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Lakshmikutty Amma

February 6, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Lakshmikutty Amma

Grandmother of the Jungle

This 75-year-old can prepare 500 herbal medicines from memory - and she just won India's 4th-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri Award!

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