Auroville
is located around eight km from Pondicherry
and is a place that you should not
miss while on a visit to pondy. Auroville
is a township of universal essence.
It has been conceived to accommodate
people across 35 nations to live as
a community. It came into existence
in 1968. The idea of this utopian
state was brought to the Mother several
decades back, following which she
gave her blessings to this noble task.
The Government of India and later
UNESCO welcomed the suggestion and
encouraged it.
This novel town in the making is
designed to accommodate 50,000 people
across the world. The town underlines
the strong purpose of recognizing
human unity in diversity. This township
in the making was officially inaugurated
on 28th Feb 1968 wherein about 5000
people of different origin assembled
here along with a little bit of
soil from their homeland. This soil
was mixed in a lotus shaped urn
placed in the amphitheatre. In this
ceremony, the Mother put forward
the 4-point charter for the residents.
Auroville is referred to as the city
of Dawn. The city has been planned
out neatly. It has been divided into
several zones. At the very centre,
there is the peace area consisting
of the Matri Mandir, the gardens,
the amphitheatre with the urn and
a lake. Then comes the industrial
zone which is directed at the creation
of green industries meant to make
the town self sufficient .This area
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