In memoriam - Surya Mani

With deepest sadness Auroville mourned the loss of one its young: Surya, son of Mani and Saroja of Douceur met in the early hours of Sunday 5 December with a road accident near Pondicherry and passed away due to his injuries. He was 25 years old.

Surya had finished his higher education here in Auroville and had recently started working with the new Solar Kitchen team.

After the body was received from Jipmer hospital, the last rights were honoured at his parental house at Douceur, and the cremation took place at 6pm the same day at the Auroville Mandappam near Adventure, with many Aurovilians, young and old, as well as friends from surrounding villages attending.