Auroville

First thing you after reaching here is get a bike.. a great thing to have there.. and also dont forget to visit the meditation center. I forgot its name :)

-Vijju

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Been there once …

Want to go back

I went to Auroville in Dec 2005, not the first time i’ve been there but def got more perspective this time.

If I had to describe Auroville in one line, self sustained, peaceful, almost serene…equally reflected in its residents.

Everyone is welcome here, I was amazed to see that folks from all continents calling this palce their home, coexisting in harmony with nature.

Trivia: Auroville was founded on a barren stretch of land almost 60 years ago..by a determined set of people who vowed to convert this place. and they did.. Auroville is lush green now..

I’d never seen so many white people in one place in India before. I was only there only a week, long enough to realize that it would take a while to figure out what’s going on here – e.g. the relationship between Auroville and the surrounding communities.

I was there when the tsunami hit in December 2005, so first/second-hand learned how much immediate service was done totally ad hoc – the tiny restaurant just outside Auroville that i was eating in every day just started making extra food, then got a truck and drove it to wherever people from the coast had moved to.