Auroville (10 km)
Auroville is a unique city conceptualized by The Mother, a Paris-born painter, musician and writer who became Sri Aurobindo's disciple and close companion, sharing his dream of a unified city. It was founded in 1968 when youth from 128 nations and Indian states met together and placed the earth from their native places in an urn, symbolic of international understanding. Famous for its quiet concentration centre, Matrimandir that is built in the form of a globe, the township has citizens from all parts of the world staying together, with a mission to prove that it is possible for different people to exist in peace and harmony in one place.
