Let me take you to along on a journey of tranquillity and peaceful living. The first of week of this month, I have had spent a week at one of the very beautiful town near Chennai Pondicherry. There at one of the most peaceful ashram ‘Auroville’ was my anchor point for a search within this summer. Below are my impressions from the place and I am sure you will also be able to relate to the beauty, peace and harmony that permeates from the images below as it does with me. Wish you live in peace and find happiness in life... and the images below bring you closer to your inner self and love ....But before I take you forward in the journey, let me give you a brief back ground and history of Auroville... as below.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
Curtsey: Wikipedia
Auroville (City of Dawn) is an "experimental" township near Pondicherry in South India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (since her definitive settling in India called "The Mother") and designed by architect Roger Anger. Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.
History
Auroville was founded as a project of Sri Aurobindo Society on Wednesday 28 February 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother". She was an equal spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who believed that "man is a transitional being". The Mother expected that this experimental "universal township" would contribute significantly in the "progress of humanity towards its splendid future by bringing together people of goodwill and aspiration for a better world." In the inauguration ceremony attended by delegates of 124 nations on 28 February 1968, The Mother gave Auroville its 4-point Charter setting forth her vision of Integral living:
1) Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But to live in Auroville, one must be the willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.
2) Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.
3) Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realisations.
4) Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.
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| On the way to Auroville... |
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| As the road turns, so does the river on its own way... It will be a pleasure to live in that house on the bend... |
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| The path to Matri Mandir is a very meditative walk... |
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| The old Banyan tree... most of the devotees life revolve around it |
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| The center of the Auroville - Matri Mandir |
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| The inhabitants spend lot of time around this .... in reflection Or just for a break |
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| Auroville's favorite mode of transport.... from one part to another |
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| Shopping around the town... |
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| The way to Auroville has its share of traffic... The new ... |
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| And the old.... |
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| Dotted with road side temples... Here is Lord Shiva's Ardhnarishwar form - part male and part female |
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| Sunrise at the bay of Bengal... Katamaran waits |
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| Sunset on another day of peace.... |
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| Just walking around in meditative silence ... is enough for internal peace... |
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ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
perfect concept for the world. everyone living and loving together on this earth. start small then work your way to bigger. What's the population in Auroville?
ReplyDeletecan feel the peace through your wonderful photos. Thank you, Shash!
wow...perfect...would like to visit there...
ReplyDeleteNice post with great pictures ... Even we loved our visit to Auroville ... Did you stay in one of the guest houses they have on campus? We hope to do that the next time we go there.
ReplyDeleteHere is our post on Auroville ... Hope you like it.
http://10yearitch.com/travel/photo-post-auroville-tamil-nadu/
Cheers,
Madhu
loved the poem, a dream.
ReplyDeleteHowever, such an ideal case is not likely to prevail, but hey that should not stop us from thinking.
nice...thanks for taking us along on the trip and introducing us to this town...some remarkable picture...and a lovely verse...but the town kinda took me away...
ReplyDeletei have been to auroville. great place though i went in march and it wasn't as green then as in your pics. beautiful pics
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