Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away
Noted Indian danseuse and Padma Bhushan recipient Mrinalini Sarabhai passed away today morning in Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. She was 97.
She had been admitted to hospital a day before.
Trained in Bharatnatyam, Kathakali and Mohiniyattom, she was educated at Shantiniketan under Rabindranath Tagore. She was marries to the architect of India's space programme, Dr Vikram Sarabhai.
"My mother just left for her eternal dance," her daughter, leading danseuse, actor and activist Mallika Sarabhai, said in a Facebook post announcing the death.
Besides being a classical dancer, she was a poet, writer and environmentalist and played a leading role in the social and art scene in Ahmedabad. She was one of the first classical dancer to turn to choreography.
According to family members, she was suffering from an infection and succumbed to it.
She is survived by daughter Mallika and son Kartikey, founder of Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE).
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