Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Auroville
We’re currently in a utopian society called Auroville near Pondicherry… it has some fantastic ideals including human unity and sustainable living, and is aiming to be the city of the future.
Kate got some interest from Maire Claire for a Pongala article, and we’re aiming to write a few features on Auroville for various magazines and papers. We’ve had superb help from the media team here, and we’ve been filling our time talking to various people here finding out what makes the place tick. It would take years to really understand everything, there’s so much here… but the more people we talk to, the more impressed we are. In fact, we can seriously see ourselves living here! We’ll take it slowly though!
What I love about this place is that everyone is here with a great deal of hope and faith that they are creating an ideal human community. Of course it isn’t perfect, but it’s a fascinating experiment. There’s a great mixture of spiritual types, creative people and people who work the land… everyone is particularly intelligent. The music scene is superb, we’ve met some exceptional musicians.
In the words of one of the resident musicians, Auroville is a community for black sheep… it’s a great herd!
I’m sure I’ll be writing more about this place, but in the meantime here are some photos:
Lots of modern architecture in Auroville!
We’re currently staying in a tree house… very atmospheric.
Our communal kitchen from the inside, and the outside.
The Matrimandir is a space age golf ball in the middle of the village which is supposed to give unity to the place. People meditate in it.
The Town Hall… reminds me of a villain’s lair… or maybe a bank’s headquarters.
on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 at 10:11 pm:
Well, Welcome to Auroville! I’m from the U.S. originally, but I’ve been here for 16 years. I teach English at the local “high school” called Future School, and I’m also director of the Auroville Theatre Group.If you want to meet some of us - we’ve just started working on a modern adaptation of “Hamlet”, give me a call - I’m in the Auroville directory.
Cheers,
Jill
on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 at 11:24 pm:
How nice to find that this has already been picked up by our ever-searching web-savvy Auroville International president, Julian. He’s sent out the link toeveryone on his mailing list ( huge one).
Wonderful photos, Bob. What an eye you have. How beautiful our capsule and first ferro-cement structure look through your perspective!
keep it up, looking forward to more…
love,
bhavana
on Friday, March 16th, 2007 at 11:54 am:
If you guys move to Auroville, can we come and be your neighbours?
on Friday, March 16th, 2007 at 12:12 pm:
You should both definitely come and check it out! Lots of theatre opportunities, and some real talent here.
on Saturday, March 17th, 2007 at 10:54 am:
The photographs are of wonderful quality and content. An average day visitor to Auroville does not get the opportunity to see places and views shown. Hence, these photographs are all the more meaningful for those people. I wish, more such revealing pictures could be included at this site, with a little bit of explanation. Thanks for the pictures included.
on Monday, March 19th, 2007 at 11:03 pm:
what a beautiful idea would love to see for ourselves ps hi tlaloc do u live in the tree house cause that looks mega cool!
on Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm:
love the pictures but I see no people!
Please, show some faces!
on Sunday, June 24th, 2007 at 10:45 am:
Beautiful photographs. I also saw your myspace profile. It is really cool.