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.
Mary Roy with her daughter Arundhati Roy
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 )
Published: 01 Sept 2022, 11:55 am IST
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