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	INTRODUCTION
		Auroville is a non-sectarian and self-managed community with the goal of promoting sustainability on all levels for itself, its immediate surrounding and for the world at large.
		Auroville’s underlying vision comes from the work of the noted Indian political leader, scholar, teacher, poet and ‘seer’ Sri Aurobindo (1872 - 1950) and his co-worker Mirra Alfassa (1878 - 1973) better known as the Mother’;, a spiritually and culturally highly gifted personality who, originally from France, has lived in south India from 1920 onwards.
		Auroville’s future aim is to develop into a universal town where men and women of all countries can live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.
	www.auroville-international.org /main/auroville/index.html (293 words)

	Auroville Center for Urban Research
		Auroville's Future, Auroville's Town Planning Office, was established in the late sixties under the coordination of a well-known French architect, Mr.
		Auroville's Future has itself implemented two projects under the Asia Urbs programme of the EC in partnership with the European cities of Paris, Venice, Treviso and Cologne.
		In 2001 a Perspective Master Plan for the Township of Auroville was approved by the residents of Auroville, the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation and the Government of India.
	www.auroville.info /ACUR/templates/avfuture.htm (579 words)

	Auroville Matrimandir -- more is less in the City of Dawn
		Auroville is a township which was conceived, planned and developed as a centre of international culture for the promotion of the ideals which are central to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
		The foundation stone of Auroville was laid on 28th February 1968 with the participation of youth of many nations, representing the coming together of all Nations in a spirit of human unity.
		A remarkable harmony among members of Auroville was visible and this gave promise to the Government of India of an early fulfilment of the ideals for which Auroville was established and encouraged by UNESCO and other international organisations of the world.
	scari.org /auroville.html (6849 words)

	Credentials and support
		Auroville is an affiliate member of RES ARTIS, an international network which promotes residential exchange programmes for artists world-wide to do research, work with other artists, and to strengthen international ties and understanding of the diverse cultural heritages that invigorate the human society.
		Auroville's educational research endeavours to nurture the child's potential to its highest possible level, and is based on a child-centered approach.
		Education in Auroville is administered under the umbrella of the Sri Aurobindo International Institute for Educational Research (SAIIER), an organisation established in 1984 to focus on Auroville's multi-faceted educational and cultural activities for both children and adults.
	www.auroville.org /organisation/supp_city_earth_needs.htm (2495 words)

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		Auroville, which means the 'City of Dawn', was founded by Sri Aurobindo's mother on February 28, 1968.
		Auroville is meant to be "a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.
		Auroville is 160 km south of Chennai, and 10 kilometers from Pondicherry.
	www.tourmyindia.com /attraction/auroville.html (1566 words)

	indiayogi.com - Ashrams - Auroville - india, indian, ashrams, yoga institutes, meditation centers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville is a spiritual experiment based, not on any abandonment of the world, but on an active engagement with life and matter.
		Auroville is conceived as a city with four zones: Residential, Cultural, Industrial and International, surrounding a central area of Peace.
		At the physical centre of Auroville, in the zone of Peace, is a huge Banyan tree, next to which stands the Matrimandir, or Auroville’s soul, a structure built exactly to the specifications of Mother.
	www.indiayogi.com /content/ashrams/auroville/main.asp (3686 words)

	Auroville, the city of dawn, Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo, yoga, the Mother, philosophy and ...
		It proposes to realise this unity in diversity and not in uniformity.
		The foundation of Auroville was laid on 28th February, 1968, when in a symbolic act of world collaboration, boys and girls from all over the world came together and placed a handful of soil from their country in a marble urn shaped like a lotus bud.
		Auroville was initially established and developed by Sri Aurobindo Society under the Presidentship of the Mother.
	www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in /subnav/aurovil.htm (1030 words)

	Auroville, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville has received the unanimous endorsement of the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1966, 1968 and 1970.
		Auroville's development is inextricably intertwined with that of more than 20 villages that are situated in the same area, which were once classified as backward by the Tamil Nadu government.
		Auroville, by setting up local peoples committees is engaged in a co-evolution development programme for the whole bio-region in various spheres of life.
	www.iisd.org /50comm/commdb/desc/d24.htm (409 words)

	Auroville, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's Legacy
		The philosophy of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, and consequently the birth of Auroville, is based on the belief that Humanity is not the last rung of the terrestrial creation.
		They believe that this is the tangible victory that should be propagated as Auroville's achievement and message for the rest of the world, instead of some distant dream about the future birth of a new species, a dream too difficult for the common person to comprehend.
		Auroville is for those who want to live a life essentially divine but who renounce all religions whether they are ancient, modern, new or future.
	www.lifepositive.com /spirit/masters/sri-aurobindo/auroville.asp (2663 words)

	Auroville rallies to help Pondicherry fisherfolk
		By 9.30 am, a team from Auroville, the international township inspired by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, and which is situated near Pondichery, swung into action.
		A first emergency meeting was called in the house of two Auroville residents and it was immediately decided to set up a camp for the people affected by the tidal waves.
		In Ganagashetikkam, a village of fishermen at the extreme limit of Pondicherry, the Auroville team was met by extreme desolation: the mud houses on the beach front had been destroyed or washed away.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/30franc.htm (1377 words)

	Pondicherry.com - Pondy - Auroville (About Auroville) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville was planned as an international experimental township, Auroville was inspired by the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and founded by Mirra Alfassa, known as the "Mother".
		Auroville was inaugurated on February 28, 1968 in a ceremony attended by representatives from 124 nations and all the states of India.
		Auroville welcomes people from all parts of the world to live together and explore cultural, educational, scientific, spiritual, and other pursuits in accordance with the Auroville Charter.
	www.pondicherry.com /2000jun/auroville/about.shtml (321 words)

	Auroville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Auroville is not a religious sect or a cult.
		The 4 biggest communities in Auroville are the Tamils, the North Indians, the French and the Germans.
		Auroville is reversing that process through its persistent sapling-planting and other erosion control programmes, which have been quite successful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auroville (1423 words)

	Alternatives in Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville is a township near Pondicherry, inspired by Aurobindo, the revolutionary turned spiritual leader during India's struggle for freedom.
		The inspiration for Auroville, stemming from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the encouragement of the Mother, led the Sri Aurobindo Society, based in Pondicherry, to persuade the Government of India in 1966 to accept and support the project (for auroville), which was then put before UNESCO for its endorsement.
		Auroville is a city based on the spiritual principles of Shri Aurobindo and The Mother.
	www.ashanet.org /lni/auroville.htm (2709 words)

	Village Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville Village Action Group (AVAG) was established by Indian social workers and Western Aurovilians in 1983 to establish a harmonious and mutually developmental relationship between the future oriented international experiment in Auroville and the impoverished Tamil village communities around it.
		Auroville Village Action Group (AVAG), founded in 1983 by Bhavana, shares Auroville's ideals of human unity and unending education with the people of the surrounding villages.
		Auroville Village Action is currently running many projects in the villages surrounding Auroville (see a list of AVAG's outreach projects.) Your donation can help a group of villagers act to deepen a well, whitewash a school, repair a village street and many other “microprojects”.
	www.aviusa.org /projects_avag.html (489 words)

	Auroville's tsunami relief effort
		Auroville, the international township inspired by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, which is situated near Pondicherry, was the first to swing into action.
		The Auroville architects and town planners are now ready to put their skills at the service of the rehabilitation housings for all the coastal Pondicherry villages.
		In an emergency meeting, it was decided that the plinth of the reconstructed houses would be higher than the normal and have certain innovations to permit a flow through of water in case of flooding such as in the case of tsunami.
	in.rediff.com /news/2005/mar/10franc.htm (1115 words)

	Green Century Institute
		When Auroville was founded in 1968, regeneration of the environment was the foremost concern of the pioneers, as the site chosen for the Auroville Township was severely eroded.
		Within Auroville there are forests and sanctuaries, a seed museum, seed-exchange networks, a herbarium, and a botanical garden to conserve the native bio-diversity.
		As Auroville currently owns only 45% of the designated township area, and outside development pressures are mounting, there is an urgent need to acquire and protect the remaining land.
	www.greencenturyinstitute.org /auroville_article04.htm (700 words)

	Auroville, India
		A community born from the philosophy of Indian spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo, Auroville has been endorsed by the United Nations, subsidized by the government of India and hailed by such luminaries as the Dalai Lama, the late Indira Gandhi and anthropologist Margaret Mead.
		The defining moment of a visit to Auroville is the introduction to the Matrimandir (a Sanskrit word meaning "dwelling place of the mother").
		The Matrimandir was planned by her as "the living symbol of Auroville’s aspiration for the Divine." It was to be a place for concentration, "for trying to find one’s consciousness." There was to be no dogma, no religious rituals, no flowers, no incense, no music.
	www.intltravelnews.com /Auroville_india.htm (1339 words)

	In Production: Utopia Now \| Metropolis Magazine \| July 2002
		Auroville, a planned international community of "seekers" in the Tamil Nadu region of India, is an unlikely hybrid of Western utopianism and Hindu spirituality.
		Auroville is a hybrid, a high European utopianism as well as a vessel for Hindu spirituality.
		The charter of Auroville is ringingly postnationalist: "Auroville belongs to nobody in particular.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0702/ind/index.html (866 words)

	Community Forestry at Home and Abroad
		Auroville is near the Coromandel Coast in south India The rain is pouring down and five figures in suits holding umbrellas approach Shiva, their guide.
		You might say that in Auroville, India they have the most adverse conditions to work in socially and environmentally, but the microcosm that was created by Auroville became the ideal condition for the development of a community dedicated to innovative forestry, agricultural, spiritual, and social ideas and practices.
		The play had a quote from the Mother that confirmed Auroville is not some brainwashing cult; it emphasized that she expects everyone to have different opinions, that is a fundamental part of decision-making and realizing the truth of the future.
	www.uvm.edu /~snrcfw/auroville.html (3419 words)

	Auroville Land Fund
		Auroville has transformed a veritable desert into a lush green landscape.
		Auroville is now focusing on the larger bioregion, which consists of about 40 villages with a population of approximately 100,000.
		Auroville serves as a crucible of material and spiritual researches, as a model, and as a provider of sustainable practices and technology which can be replicated in other parts of the world - vital if the earth is to be preserved and to survive into the next decades.
	www.aurovillelandfund.org /humanity/index.htm (993 words)

	Auroville (PONDICHERRY)
		The inspiration for Auroville arose in India, stemming from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the encouragement of the Mother.
		Auroville was later founded by The Mother, a French lady whose real name was Mirra Alfassa.
		At the center is the Matrimandir, the Spiritual center of Auroville.
	www.ashanet.org /projects/project-view.php?p=26 (250 words)

	Auroville-International
		Auroville International is an association founded in 1983, registered with the Chamber of Commerce, The Hague, The Netherlands, under nº 40103255.
		A third function of Auroville International is to improve the information flow between Auroville, Auroville International and its member associations, affiliated groups and liaison addresses, and provide financial and other support to its members and associated organisations.
		Auroville International Centres will endeavour to obtain a tax exempt or identical status, so that donations made to Auroville can be channeled through the Centre, and the donor or the centre can avail of tax advantages.
	www.auroville-international.org /main/whoarewe/index.html (354 words)

	Living Routes - Auroville Ecovillage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Through overgrazing of cattle and the monsoon rains, Auroville began on land that, as one early visitor described it, "was quickly dying back into a moon." In the first 10 years, over a million trees were planted.
		Auroville was originally conceived to become a city for 50,000 people.
		Auroville is situated on a low-lying plateau in sub-tropical India.
	www.livingroutes.com /programs/e_auroville.htm (848 words)

	About Auroville International USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Auroville International USA is one of many centers around the world, which all function under the umbrella organization called Auroville International.
		Auroville International USA actively assists Auroville in its development in many ways, some of which include encouraging cultural and educational exchanges between Auroville and the United States, finding people and organizations in the US who are interested in sponsoring projects in Auroville.
		Some of these projects include: Securing the physical base for Auroville through land purchase for the city, construction of the Matrimandir and the USA Pavilion, Village Action, alternative education, environmental regeneration, the development of alternative building technologies, and many other projects.
	www.aviusa.org /about_main.html (254 words)

	Auroville Township Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But not all of them are members of Auroville because in order to be one, you have to subscribe to a few basic rules.
		Geographically they are within the Auroville area and are part of the experiment, which aims to create unity not only among community members but also between members and the local people.
		The Auroville Centre for Scientific Research (CSR), which was established in 1984 and is recognized as a scientific research institution by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, has also come up with cost-effective ways to purify water.
	ecoclub.com /news/26ecr16.html (617 words)

	India & China Stage: Abeja Dispatch - June 24, 2000
		Auroville is an experiment in international community living started by a 20th century guru named Sri Aurobindo (the same man who inspired the Aurovind eye clinic that Jasmine visited) and one of his disciples, known as the Mother.
		I met her at "the pyramid," an art building at the Auroville high school where she was working on a glass sculpture.
		The Mother, on whose principles Auroville was founded, believed in what she called "joyful learning," where each child decided what and how long he or she would study.
	www.worldtrek.org /odyssey/asia/062400/062400abejaauroville.html (1217 words)

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