Auroville aims at becoming a model of the 'city of the
future' or 'the city the earth needs'. It wants to show the world that future
realisations in all fields of work will allow us to build beautiful cities where
people sincerely looking towards a more harmonious future will want to live.
Auroville was inaugurated on February 28, 1968 in a ceremony attended by representatives
from 124 nations and all the states of India. In a gesture symbolic of human
unity, a boy and a girl from each nation and state poured a handful of soil
from their homeland into a lotus-shaped marble urn near the center of the city-to-be.
Auroville has been endorsed by three resolutions of the UNESCO general assembly
and recognized as an international trust by a unique Parliamentary Act of the
Indian Government.
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.
Local Transport: Cycle Rickshaws, Taxis, City buses
