March 15, 2013 03:48 am | Updated December 04, 2021 11:39 pm IST - Varanasi
Noted environmentalist and mahant of Sankat Mochan temple Veer Bhadra Mishra who died on March 13, 2013 in Varanasi. File photo
Noted environmentalist and mahant (high priest) of Sankat Mochan temple Veer Bhadra Mishra died on Wednesday at Sundar Lal hospital, where he was admitted on March 3 for lung infection. He was 75.
Professor Mishra is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
Professor Mishra was selected for a government panel to review projects on the Ganga and played an active role in the Save Ganga Movement over the past few decades.
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