Noted social worker and Arundhati Roy's mother Mary Roy passes away

Kottayam : Noted educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said.

She was 89.

Roy, mother of writer and Man Booker Prize Winner Arundhati Roy, is also the founder of the famous Pallikoodam school near here.

Her funeral will be held at 11 am on Friday in Kottayam. Only family members will be allowed for the funeral ceremony at her residence near Pallikoodam school in Kottayam. 

Her body will be kept for public homage from 3 pm on Thursday to 10 am on Friday.

(with inputs from PTI )