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Auroville A must visit place

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The magnificent globe ..the center of the auroville...


vision starts thus....

Humanity is not the last rung of the terrestrial creation.
Evolution continues and man will be surpassed.

Auroville.. a place u wud never think of and love to go again and again..and u gain more about humanity on visiting this place..a must visit place...beyond the borders of religion and divisions..and a place for PEACE..rather call it MOTHER...

The MOTHER describes...the globe as thus...

A place...for trying to find one's consciousness.

*****

It is like the Force, the central Force of Auroville,
the cohesive Force of Auroville.


its an architectural marvel...with two stairways leading to the inner chamber..

@ the center there is a crystal mounted on a golden pedestal..which is illuminated by a ray of light from the center of the globe with natural sunlight and @ night times illuminated by the same ray powered by solar power...( I had seen the crystal during my first visit to Auroville way back in 2001- It was on July 1st 2001 I guess...before my first day of my career in IT...)






I cud'nt restrain myself from writing about this place before hand of my experience with LASIK operation which I underwent in Aravind Eye Hostpital, Pondicherry last..week..so a good place to start with my power corrected eyes :)...



a nice journey amidst the trees ..i was wondering ... such a barren land transformed to a forest ..with almost soils from 123 nations...what a proud moment it would have been to MOTHER in achieving this...






so how to get in there...
I wud suggest to take a bus from Madya Kailash , or Thiruvanmiyur..on any ECR bus to Cuddalore or Pondicherry...Pay just 55 - 65 INR...
from Pondy u need to catch a bus to Kalapet to get down at Auroville..from there its a 8km journey inside..the forest...where in you can catch an auto.

Its better to hire a cab from Pondicherry which would end cheaper than bargaining..with auto walas...



The way we ended up there was a bit interesting story...the day we went,
there was a mourning for an auto driver..and the autos were not functioning and an auto driver demanded 150 INR for jus 8 kms. We thought it was too high and waited there , I found a French guy to drop me there at Matri mandir and GK had a milk vendor to drop him,so nice people.

Auroville is a perfectly planned city, where u dont see large skyscrapers,but magnanimous trees around you, which gives a feeling of being in a different planet.


The concept behind this initiative was inspired by

'unity among lot of diversity'

we all know its a dream..

as the mother says...

"The only hope for the future is a change in man's consciousness. It is up to men to decide if they will collaborate with it or if this change will be enforced on them by overpowering circumstances."

we dinnot get a chance to visit the inner chamber though.
This would require booking 3 days prior to your visit to Matri Mandir...

Normal visiting timings would be 10 am - 12 pm in mornings
and 2 pm -4 pm in evenings to get passes for viewing the Globe.
The passes are free of cost.

Some highlights of matri mandir:


  • 12 gardens around the GLOBE...
  • 12 petals which symbolise the virtues..
  • the Amphitheatre.
  • The Banyan(as we know banyan is the symbol of unity)
some highlights of the whole city

  • a nice visitors place
  • exhibition of the auroville
  • a model garden with most uncommon variety of herbs


To know more about auroville in detail and go into some history of this place..
visit the official site of auroville.

www.auroville.org

I guess auroville should be on everyone's travel diaries not just for single visit... :)

some pics from my third eye to share with....


the banyan...





















































a perfect blend of rock,water and green...
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