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Information about Auroville
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 Auroville is located in south India, 150 kms south of Chennai (Madras) and about 10 kms north of Pondicherry town.
The journey from Chennai is about three hours by road. Buses from Chennai are frequent, and cost about Rs. 50.
A taxi to Auroville from the airport costs up to Rs. 1,500; but it is much cheaper and more convenient
(Rs. 1,050) to book an Auroville taxi to pick you up. Contact your guesthouse directly for the same.
Auroville has a rural ambience. It consists of nearly 100 different settlements, spread out over 25 km2 (of which
a little over 10 km2 so far is owned by the community). Distances between the outlying settlements can be
several kilometres. Within the Auroville area there are several villages, and still a lot of village-owned land.
Climate
The climate in Auroville is sub-tropical. From December to March the day-time temperature range is 24 - 30°C (74 - 85ºF).
From April onwards, the temperature rises and can reach a peak of about 40°C (105°F) in May-June; occasional rainfall
from July onwards starts to bring the temperature down. The main monsoon period usually starts around mid October
and continues to mid December. Nights are generally about 5°C cooler than the days.
What is Auroville about
On the surface, Auroville can appear rather
incomprehensible. It is an intense and challenging experiment, attempting
the seemingly impossible, and one needs to be ready to actively
participate in such an adventure. The meaning of Auroville only becomes
clearer in the context of the vision of its founders,
which has stimulated people from all over the world to join in this
‘laboratory of evolution’.
For casual visitors
Visitors to Auroville are sometimes disappointed to
find here no Ashram, no typical tourist attractions or generally welcoming
atmosphere. This is firstly because Auroville is quite different to the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, where people are considered to have consecrated
their lives to integral yoga
(as compared, in Auroville, to an experiment in human unity), and secondly
because Auroville is not a tourist place, despite being referred to in
travel and tourist literature, and does not devote as much time and energy
to welcoming tourists as sites established specifically for that
purpose.
Casual/day visitors are encouraged to go fistt to the
Visitors
Centre , which is open daily from 9:00 to 17:30, and offers
information, exhibitions, a video viewing facility, a cafeteria and
shopping facilities.
Those who come with a deeper interest and actually
want to visit one of Auroville's projects should make an appointment with
the concerned place through the Information Desk at the Visitors
Centre.
Guest contribution
Note that each guest is asked, as are the Aurovilians,
to contribute financially towards the maintenance and development of the
township and its infrastructure (water, roads, electricity, afforestation,
farms, education and so on...). At the present time guests are requested
to give a contribution of Rs 60 per day per adult or Rs 30 per day per
teenager (aged 12 to 19). For children below the age of 12 no payment is
required. There is also a student rate of Rs 30 per day.
Please note that this contribution is included in the guesthouse price since December 2003.
Guest Card
Upon payment of this contribution, Guest Passes/ Cards
are issued by some of the major guesthouses, by the Financial Service near
Aspiration and the Guest Service at Solar
Kitchen. This Pass will enable you to move more freely through the
township since for certain facilities and services you will need to show
it.
General cost
A meal at the Solar Kitchen costs Rs 75.-, Guest Card is
required.
A good meal in Pondicherry costs around Rs 100, or
more, depending on the class of establishment.
Cycle rental is around Rs 20 a day.
TVS and moped rental is around Rs 100 a day.
The Auroville bus to Pondy (3 times a week) is free,
Guest Card is required.
Classes (yoga, dance and so on) require normally a
contribution of Rs 100.- from guests, Guest Card required.
Massages and haircuts are around Rs 300.
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