Chakkupurayil Radhakrishnan was born on 15 February 1939 in Chamravattam (a village in Tirur) in Malappuram district, which was then a part of the Madras Presidency of British India), to Parappur Madathil Madhavan Nair and Chakkupurayil Janaki Amma.
Chakkupurayil Radhakrishnan was born on 15 February 1939 in Chamravattam, a village in Tirur, Malappuram district. His parents were Parappur Madathil Madhavan Nair and Chakkupurayil Janaki Amma.