Half day excursion:
Any interest to visit Auroville (15 km from Pondicherry) can be managed individually from the hotel desk.
AUROVILLE, A UNIVERSAL CITY OR MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL COUNTRIES ARE CAPABLE OF LIVING IN PEACE
In the south of India exists a place which belongs to no one in particular; An ideal city, drowned in a tropical forest, inhabited by strange researchers from all corners of the planet to follow a dream ... Auroville where Chloé Sanchez spent five years.
Created in 1968, Auroville emanates from a dream, that of Mira Alfassa, better known as the "Mother" who was the spiritual companion of the independence philosopher Sri Aurobindo. "There should be somewhere on earth a place that no nation could claim for its exclusive property, where all human beings of goodwill, sincere in their aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world, obeying a single authority , That of the Supreme Truth ... "
Auroville, located 10 km from Pondicherry, is today, under the protection of the Indian government and UNESCO. Auroville is unique: no religion, no nationality, no politics, this international city proposes to have a day 50,000 inhabitants. Currently, a little more than 2,200 Aurovillians from 51 countries live and work in this forest city. These lands have become a basis for experimentation in social integration, reforestation, water conservation, solar energy, soil conservation and organic farming. But what basically unites its inhabitants is what Satprem (Bernard Enginger) names: the adventure of consciousness ...
