¤ About Auroville 
The
travel site, India Travel Map, is a rich source of travel related material
which is pertinent to the launching of a travel tour to Auroville which can
also be earmarked as a cultural tour to Auroville, located near Pondichery
in India. Auroville, as the name signifies is a reference to a township in
the world of Utopia which is meant to find a venting out opportunity for the
stressed out jet setters of the urban world and it comes up as a major
release for the citizens from the cantankerous cacophony of the city life.
This will be very much apparent upon taking up a cultural travel tour to the
grand and expansive Aurovillle, which is spread over an area of acres to
house inhabitants of the order of 50,000. As a Cultural travel tour to
Auroville signifies, it is the ideal of Universal brotherhood which found a
profound and resounding crystallization on 28th February, 1968 .The founding
date stood for the coalescing in of youth from around 128 countries and all
the states of the Indian Union who swore to live together as one entity in
order to realise the ideals of peaceful coexistence and bonhomie at the
highest level. As a Cultural travel tour to Auroville shows, it is located
at a place very near to Pondichery, India, and is home to Indians who
constitute, 33% of the inhabitants of , French who number 18% closely
followed by Germans who constitute 15% of the denizens of Auroville, located
in Pondichery, in India.
¤ Major Tourist Attractions
of AurovilleCasual visitors to Auroville are only permitted into
the visitors center between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., which is where you can
view a series of photos that show community activities and watch a video
about the site (shown several times daily.
The Matri Mandir's
inner chamber is only open to casual visitors between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on
Sunday; however, you need to obtain a pass (no charge) in advance.
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AccomodationMost casual visitors to Auroville stay in Pondicherry;
however, if you have a genuine interest in learning about the community's
goals, you can stay (for a fee) at one of their guesthouses (a stay of at
least a week is preferred and guests are encouraged to lend a hand in the
running of the community).
¤ ShoppingShopping in
Auroville is a true delight since it is an octroi-free destination.
Naturally the prices are quite rather cheap whatever you buy here. Auroville
does not have any local heritage of handicrafts. Now a days Aurobindo Ashram
factory in Pondicherry produces many articles, like: candles, incense
sticks, paper etc, which have become as much as local specialties. These are
quite popular with the tourists and make for good shopping in Auroville. In
Auroville leather is manufactured in the old fashioned way with unusual
attention to detail.
Auroville
