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In memoriam - Shakuntala Patel

In memoriam:, March 2024

Shakuntala Patel

On February 20th, Shakuntala Patel passed away at her residence in Swayam. She was 78 years old. Shakuntala came to Pondicherry and Auroville in the early 1970s and spent many years here.

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