History, Best Places to Visit, Best Time to Visit, Interesting Facts and Travel Guide of Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Auroville – the city of Down or the 'Universal Town’ is the experimental township where human across the world, belonging to any cultures or any religion can come and live in peaceful environment. It is located in Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India and with some parts Puducherry and at just 15 km from the city of Pondicherry. This town is the brain child of Mirra Alfassa or collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and also known as "Mother" in Sri Aurobindo Society. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa and designed by Roger Anger. The roots of Auroville is teaching of Sri Aurobindo. The purpose of Auroville is to realize the human unity with principles of
