Savitri Bhavan is a centre dedicated to fostering a living sense of Human Unity through spiritual education based on the vision and teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. The central focus is Sri Aurobindo’s mantric epic Savitri – a legend and a symbol, which the Mother has called ‘The supreme revelation of Sri Aurobindo’s vision’.

EXHIBITION

Meditations on Savitri Books 4 – 7
125 paintings by Huta, made under the guidance of the Mother
continues in the Picture Gallery

FILMS

Mondays 6:30 pm

May 6 :Four Chapters of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
This film was made in 1952 in 16mm with simple equipment.
We are showing it because of the pictures of the Mother
and its great historical, archival and spiritual value.
Duration: 42min.

May 13 :  Auroville, Exploring Alternatives
Made by a TV team from Korea, this film explores Auroville’s experiments in ecological farming, organic food and renewable energies with volunteers from all over the world. Duration: 57min.

May 20 : The Mother and Flowers
A video talk by Richard Pearson from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Sri Aurobindo has written “There are three ways of blessings of the Mother: by sight, by touch and through flowers and it is through flowers that her blessings are most effective.”Duration: 78min.

May 27 : Meditations on Savitri
Book One, Canto 3:
The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Soul’s Release.
Film by Manohar of Huta’s paintings illustrating passages from Savitri
read by The Mother accompanied by her own organ music.
Duration: 30min.

Regular Activities

Sundays 10.30–12 noon: Savitri Study Circle
Mondays 5-6pm: The Integral Yoga in Savitri led by Dr. Ananda Reddy
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays 4-5pm L’Agenda de Mère – listening to recordingswith Gangalakshmi
Tuesdays 5-6 pm: Savitri study in Tamil, led by Sudarshan
    5.45–7.15 pm: OM Choir (details below)
Wednesdays 5.30-6.30 pm: Reading The Life Divine, led by Shraddhavan
Thursdays 4-5 pm: The English of Savitri, led by Shraddhavan

OM Choir
The voice that chants to the creator Fire,
The symbolled OM, the great assenting Word   (Savitri, p.310)
In 1961 the Mother gave the adesh to Narad to bring down a new music. She said that one must go far above words and bring down the pure Music. Mother told us to sit in a circle and have no preconceptions as to what we would sing but to be silent and let the music descend in us. The OM Choir aspires to bring down the New Music for the New World in a collective body. We sing only OM, the creative and effectuating word after starting with warming-up and voice exercises directed and given by Narad.

Full Moon Gathering
Friday May 24, 7.15-8.15pm in front of Sri Aurobindo’s statue

Digital Library - multimedia facilities for individual study

Savitri Bhavan offers individual computer access to a large range of audio-visual materials. All the recordings of courses, guest lectures and special events held at Savitri Bhavan are available, as well as much more. Aurovilians, visitors and volunteers are invited tomake use of this opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding of the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and the aims and ideals underlying the experiment of Auroville.
Opening hours : 10-5 Monday to Saturday

Office, Exhibition and Reading Room, Monday to Saturday 9–5
Everyone is welcome