The Auroville 

The Auroville city is located 8 kilometres from north-west Pondicherry and is noted for its calm and refusal to conform to capitalist social norms. Mirra Alfassa, Sri Aurobindo’s otherworldly teammate, conceived the City of Dawn as a site for exploring the pinnacle of human unity. 

The township in Tamil Nadu was opened on February 28, 1968. Soil from 124 countries was maintained in a lotus-shaped urn and combined to represent all-inclusive oneness and togetherness. Auroville was originally designed to be a community where people may live in peace and harmony regardless of their religious beliefs, legislative issues, or nationalities. 

Roger Anger designed Auroville, and approximately 2000 people now live there in towns named Grace, Fraternity, Fertile, Certitude, and Transformation. Non-Indians account for roughly 66% of the city’s population. 

The Matrimandir, which Alfassa described as “a symbol of the Divine’s answer to man’s aspiration for perfection,” is located in the centre of the developing metropolis and covers 62 sections of land in the city. It’s not a sanctuary in that sense, but it is a place for personal quiet reflection. The Matrimandir is designed as a 12-sided white marble interior chamber. It contains a 70-centimeter optical glass globe in the centre of the marble, which is connected to a pole of daylight via a rooftop-mounted heliostat. It is customary to provide a centre guidance when light falls on the globe. 

The architecture and arrangement of the buildings in Auroville combine modern Western and traditional Indian engineering. They are all connected by a narrow street and placed in a rural landscape of dark red earth and far-reaching woodlands. Auroville residents work in agribusiness, organisation, business and handicrafts, optional innovation, education, and social insurance. It is also involved in international award-winning development projects such as AuroRE Systems, which is involved in solar photovoltaic and heating systems. 

Furthermore, the city features an Auroville Visitors Centre located near Bharat Nivas, precisely between Bharat Nivas and Edayanchavadi Village. The centre is open on a regular basis from 0930 Hrs to 1730 Hrs and features a presentation of the project’s ongoing history and logic. The Data Service, which sells books, handouts, and booklets about many aspects of Auroville, is located in the centre. A video portrayal of the township and the Matrimandir is available at the Auroville Visitors Centre as a courtesy in response to popular demand. Boutiques, a bookshop, and a café are among the few amenities available in the heart of this experimental, one-of-a-kind town.