Issue Nº421 – In Memoriam

Bindu Mohanty, one of the contributors of Auroville Today, passed away on July 28th in a hospital in Germany at the age of 56.

Long-term Aurovilian Goupi (Jean-Pierre Bunel) peacefully passed away at Marika’s Home in the evening of Monday, June 24th. He had just turned 82 years old.

Kratu, an Aurovilian artist, passed away on July 7th.

Kratu was born on the 2nd May 1942 in Lonigo, Verona, Italy. In his early twenties, his passion for art led him to live in various countries and to hitch hike around the Mediterranean. At a certain point, while living in Belgium, he came to know of Sri Aurobindo and wrote to the Mother expressing a wish to come to live in the Ashram.

John Mandeen left his body on July 7, 2024.

Gajendran Karunanidhi suddenly passed away on July 1st due to cardiac arrest.

Lakshmanan Krishnan passed away on July 12th at JIPMER hospital after an accident, at the age of 44. He was a true Auroville youth, born and educated in Auroville. Lakshmanan devoted more than 20 years of his life as a computer teacher at Transition school, where his gentle behaviour and support touched many young lives. Beyond his role as a computer teacher, Lakshmanan was helping and supporting the office team and last year, he had become one of the school’s executives. During his years at Transition School he simultaneously worked at Dehashakti as a sports teacher.