Veteran classical dancer and Padma Bhushan awardee Mrinalini Sarabhai, wife of scientist Vikram Sarabhai passed away in a hospital in Ahmedabad on Thursday at the age of 97, following a brief illness. Mrinalini was born in Kerala and was educated in Shantiniketan under Rabindranath Tagore. She was trained in Bharatnatyam, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam and was a poet, writer and environmentalist.