Some 50 years ago, on a vast, barren plateau north of Pondicherry, a lone, young banyan tree stood guard. It seemed to be waiting for something. Then one day, someone hammered a nail into its trunk to ...

PUDUCHERRY: Paolo Tommasi, an Italian architect and artist who played a significant role in designing the Matrimandir at Auroville and remained associated with Sri Aurobindo Ashram, succumbed to COVID ...

It was not the usual chirping birds that woke residents of Auroville on the morning of December 5, but the deafening noise of giant machinery clearing trees and buildings in the international township ...

Prime Minister Modi participates in golden jubilee celebrations of Auroville; hails it as a place of unending and lifelong learning and its contribution to the world through values of global ...

Auroville -- an experimental spiritual township near Puducherry founded by Mirra Alfassa (The Mother) of Sri Aurobindo Ashram -- has brought together men and women, young and old, cutting across ...

PUDUCHERRY: Auroville will bring together a programme to commemorate Sri Aurobindo's 150th birth anniversary celebrations on August 15. All are welcome to join online for a live streaming of the ...

As we drove down a dirt track, Balu Ramalingam pointed to a tree stump that was nearly fully hidden by the surrounding thick foliage and said ruefully that, but for a recent cyclone that ripped off ...

Would Auroville, the “utopian” town outside Pondicherry that over the years has attracted many foreign and Indian spiritual seekers, be where it was if not for French colonialism? No, argues historian ...

Auroville will hitch creativity to a fundamental cause as it rolls out the 2020 edition of Auroville’s ‘Art for Land Exhibition and Land Fundraiser’ which kicks off on January 11. According to ...

The little coastal town of Puducherry (or Pondicherry) lists among the top tourist destinations in South India. Known as the French riviera of the East, its rich history and culture are very much ...