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4 unusual facts about Auroville


Auroville

In May 2008, the BBC produced a 10-minute Newsnight film about Auroville, which was aired on TV.

Auroville (City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, near Puducherry in South India.

It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (also known as "The Mother") and designed by architect Roger Anger.

Norman Bowler

Bowler and his third wife, Dianne, spent several years at Auroville International Township in Tamil Nadu, India.


Eco-communalism

Towns such as Auroville, Nimbin, and the Federation of Damanhur attempt to provide an environmentally low impact way of life.

Georges van Vrekhem

Georges Van Vrekhem (Wakken, 28 March 1935 – Auroville, 31 August 2012) was a Flemish-speaking Belgian journalist, poet and playwright, who was the artistic manager of a professional theater company, the "Nederlands Toneel te Gent".

Michel Montecrossa

From 1969 till 1981 Michel Montecrossa mainly lived at Auroville in Tamil Nadu, where he worked as an art teacher, musician, film-maker and author.

Rod Hemsell

He gave a lecture and presentation on Savitri and participated in a panel on Auroville at the 1993 Parliament of the Worlds Religions in Chicago.

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi emphasized on this term when applauding the efforts by Auroville to experiment with this ancient ideal.


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