India’s Pad Man achieved one of the biggest successes in the world. About Arunachalam Muruganantham: Based in Coimbatore, Arunachalam is widely known as Padman or Menstrual Man.


He dropped out of school at the age of 14 to work and support his family after the untimely demise of his father. His perseverance, strong belief to find a solution and never-to-give-up spirits, to ensure his wife does not resort to unhygienic ways like cotton, ash or rag cloth during periods, has made him a global figure. In 1998, just a few days into marriage, he found his new bride, Shanthi, hiding away pieces of rags. Arunachalam Muruganantham was more concerned about his wife’s health, in spite of being a poor man.
Ms. Twinkle Khanna about Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham during "THE LEGEND OF LAKSHMI PRASAD" Book Launch. After years of work, his invention has changed the lives of millions of women in India. It all began in 1998, when Arunachalam Muruganantham, the son of poor handloom weavers in South India, realised that his wife was using old rags to deal with menstruation because she couldn’t afford sanitary pads. The story of #PADMAN in the book. Arunachalam Muruganantham’s road to success has been a long and hard one. But despite all the fame, he continues to lead a simple life and is focused towards his mission of providing hygiene during the toughest days in women’s lives. Arunachalam Muruganantham (Padman) Life-History & Success Story When the cleanliness and sanitation drives are doing rounds across the country, the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a school dropout from a poor weavers family in southern India, is like providing a threshold to these drives. Arunachalam Muruganantham has helped bring cheap sanitary pads to rural India, by inventing a simple machine to make them - but it nearly cost him his marriage. Arunachalam Muruganantham was obsessed with making the perfect sanitary pad for his wife.