In memoriam - Danapalan

Danapalan, father of Aurovilians Kanniappan, Nagappan and Arumugam passed away on July 27th. He was in his eighties. Danapalan gave his land to Auroville and has been working for Auroville from the early days, starting with the Matrimandir Nursery where he was driving the first bullock cart of Auroville bringing compost from Pondicherry. In 1983, he started working with Bhavana for the Bliss garden. From there he got into afforestation, a work that he continued as watchman till 2013. While his children joined Auroville, Danapalan continued to live in Kottakarai, dedicating his life to building Auroville.