Heinrich Karl Weihrauch peacefully passed away in his Auromodèle home on Wednesday December 25th at the age of 81. He had suffered a number of strokes since 2010.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, Heinrich had studied business, law, Egyptology, piano and cello before embarking on an allopathic medical career in Germany, which included homeopathy and natural healing methodologies. In 1980 he visited Auroville for the first time, but was not impressed. But when he met his future wife, artist Chantal (Shanta) Gowa, a year later, the idea of India came up once again. In 1985 they visited Auroville and in 1991 Shanta joined Auroville with their son Coriolan. Heinrich settled three years later, in 1994, and applied to the Medical Council of India for permission to work as a medical doctor in India. However, this permission was never granted.
Instead, he focused on music. He was a gifted and fervent western classical pianist and cello player. As Auroville had no small music salon, they aske...
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