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Communities in alphabetic order
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Hope
(updated May 2005) |
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Housing & Communities |
| Community name : |
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Hope |
| Phisical outlook : |
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2 acres of land, in the Green Belt Key Hole area |
| Number of buildings : |
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6 |
| Number of people : |
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2 Aurovilians |
| Nationalities of origin : |
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German |
| Date the community started : |
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1970 |
| Characteristic of the community : |
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Workshop for Tailoring
Workshop for carpenter, restoration of Antiques.
Showroom for own products |
| Languages spoken : |
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German, English, Tamil |
| Guesthouse : |
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No |
| Contact : |
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Coco and Clemens ,
tf.
2622175, 2622408, 2623562, 9443220174
candc@auroville.org.in
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Invocation
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Invocation |
| Number
of houses : |
1
block with 14 apartments |
| Number
of people : |
20
adults and 3 children |
| Date
of creation : |
April
1998 |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
rolf@auroville.org.in |
More details :
 The
common wastewater treatment plant for the apartments
of Arati, Surrender and Invocation is situated at
the entrance of Invocation, where all landscaping
is undertaken with recycled water only. Recycled
water is also pumped to the communities of Arati
and Surrender for their gardening purpose twice
a week each.
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Isaiambalam
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Isaiambalam |
| Number
of houses : |
3
houses |
| Number
of people : |
5
adults |
| Date
of creation : |
1979 |
| Guesthouse
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Yes |
| E-mail
contact : |
No |
More details :
Besides self-contained residential
houses and a guesthouse, this community has the
(leather, crochet and knitting) workshops of the
Auromics trust. It has a business atmosphere with
around 100 local villagers coming there to work
daily. The community was started in 1975.
Also the Isaiambalam
School is in this area.
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Kalabhumi
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Kalabhumi |
| Number
of houses : |
4
houses, 1 music studio, 4 sculpture and painting spaces
and 1 store room with a big tank on top. |
| Number
of people : |
5
adults |
| Date
of creation : |
May
1994 |
| Guesthouse
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N/A |
| E-mail
contact : |
corona@auroville.org.in |
More details :
 Kalabhumi
is in the heart of Auroville's Cultural Zone. It
is to be the beginning of an artist settlement with
studios for fine arts and music, performing arts,
youth ateliers etc. The four residents of the community
are artists themselves and they take care of the
place. There are no guest and/or community facilities.
The atmosphere is friendly.
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Kottakarai Farm and orchard
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Kottakarai
Farm and orchard |
| Number
of houses : |
3
houses |
| Number
of people : |
3
adults and 2 children |
| Date
of creation : |
May
1974 |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
No |
More details :
Kottakarai Farm
A long-time agricultural
area in Auroville, Kottakarai Farm is managed by
Sundaram and Amudha (Tamil) of the Kottakarai settlement.
The soil is very good, with 2 acres of irrigated
land, 2 acres suitable for dryland farming, 3 acres
of orchard and some forest. They are growing vegetables
and rice, traditional millets and pulses and some
oilseeds. The farm produce goes to a lunch scheme
at Isaiambalam School, a bakery and provisions shop,
and a food processing and research center. With
so many related industries in the immediate area
the farm is very much appreciated.
Kottakarai Orchard
The orchard is a 1 ½ acre
plot of land in the centre of the Kottakarai area,
begun in 1974. The orchard contains 93 fruit trees,
with other small areas of banana and papaya. The
main harvest comes from the 25 mango trees of 6
varieties. Other fruits include lemons, limes, pomelo,
grapefruit, guava, chikoo, starfruit, bullock's
heart, pitanga, bhelfruit, kumquat, coconut and
breadfruit. There is one cow and one calf.
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La Ferme
(updated May 2005) |
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Housing
& Communities
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| Community
name : |
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La
Ferme |
| Phisical outlook : |
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Few acres of land, in the Key Hole area |
| Number
of buildings : |
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11 |
| Number
of people : |
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10 Aurovilians
+ 6 children
+ 1 Newcomer + 3 Guests/members |
| Nationalities of origin : |
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Indian, French, German, American/Israeli |
| Date
the community started : |
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1970 |
| Characteristic of the community : |
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Residential. Farming.
Food processing. Rock climbing. |
| Regular group activities : |
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Rock climbing |
| Shared facilities : |
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Workers |
| Long-term aims of the community : |
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Residential. Farming |
| Tasks of the members inside the community : |
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The production unit takes care of mantaining the community's land, water system, electricity grid |
How do members participate in
the life of Auroville : |
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They work in various projects and activities in Auroville |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
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Olivier, tf. 2622212
olivier@auroville.org.in
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More details :
A mix of Tamilians and Westerners,
living a rather individualistic life style but managing
pretty well while dealing with the different problems
and situations a community goes through over the
years of its development.
La
Ferme Cheese unit, which started in '88, is
steadily developing, employing around 25 people
(Aurovilians & locals) and producing an average
of 50kg/day of a variety of cheeses and dairy products.
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Light
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Housing
& Communities
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| Community
name : |
Light |
| Number
of houses : |
1
house and a storeroom |
| Number
of people : |
2
adults |
| Date
the community started : |
June
1988 |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
No |
More details :
Two Aurovilians from Germany
are living here; one is taking care of the Service
Farm located at the far west side of Auroville,
while the other works at Matrimandir. A worker/watchman
family (Tamilian, 2 adults, 2 kids) also lives in
this settlement, which is located in the Pitchandikulam
forest area, where Aurovilians have planted a forest
from the early 1970's onwards.
'Light' itself is a purely
residential area in a small corner of the forest
(appr.1 acre). It is solar powered, with a windmill
for pumping water.
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Madhuca
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Madhuca |
| Number
of houses : |
7 |
| Number
of people : |
14,
including children |
| Date
of creation : |
29
February 1996 |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
chali@auroville.org.in |
More details :
 Madhuca
is a community of individual houses built quite
close together for medium to high-density living.
For continuity sake, the building materials were
commonly agreed upon, but the design was left up
to the individual and whichever architect he/she
chose to work with. The settlement has a wastewater
treatment plant, a common parking area/garage/storeroom,
a community well (shared with Sukhavathi across
the road) and common water storage tanks with solar
pumps attached. We are trying to complete the process
of setting up our common alternative energy system.
We have solar panels, submarine batteries, and even
a wind generator, but are still lacking the necessary
inverter/s. Our aim is still, as it has been from
the beginning, to be an alternative energy community.
There are no community activities as such, like
meals, but there is definitely a good atmosphere
of cooperation, respect and trust among the residents
of Madhuca.
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Matrimandir Nursery
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Matrimandir
Nursery |
| Number
of houses : |
6
houses and a boarding house |
| Number
of people : |
12
adults and 3 young boarders |
| Date
of creation : |
1970 |
| Guesthouse
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N/A |
| E-mail
contact : |
N/A |
More details :
This is not so much a community
as a special work place - a nursery that nurtures
plants for the Matrimandir Gardens. The people living
here, however, do not all work in the nursery, while
many people from other parts of Auroville come here
daily to work! As a place to be in, to live or to
work, the Matrimandir Nursery is simply wonderful:
filled with the scents and colours of hundreds of
different flowers, which come to bloom each season.
The Illaignarkal
School and its boarding facility is also located
here.
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New Creation
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
New
Creation |
| Number
of houses : |
32 |
| Number
of people : |
84
people |
| Date
of creation : |
1983 |
| Guesthouse
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yes |
| E-mail
contact : |
andre@auroville.org.in |
More details :
The New Creation settlement
was started with in view to give to our 'first Aurovilians'
(i.e. the local people present on the Auroville
land) a bridging place where they slowly and gradually
could become aware that Auroville is for all people
of good will and that, if they are willing, they
can become citizens themselves. The best approach
to that was to create an educational environment,
like a primary school, boarding and sports facilities.
In order to meet the financial needs to run an undertaking
where everything is free, including a Primary school
for 240 children and a school with 30 small kids
in a new 'Free Progress' experiment, we have created
several income generating activities such as guests
facilities and a restaurant. We're also giving support
to the local handicraftsmen in by setting up a boutique-like
outlet, a website (www.arhandicraft.com) and an
export facility where 10% is earmarked for the New
Creation community.
In our guesthouses we have 16 double rooms and 4
single rooms, all mosquito-proof, with fans, attached
bathrooms, and a guest dining room with filter water
and kitchen. We provide meals three times a day,
our prices vary from Rs.175 to 250 per person including
meals and laundry. Special price for students. We
have a taxi service and we rent cycles and bikes.
There is a gymnasium, a sport ground with volleyball,
basketball, 2 tennis courts, a running track and
a small swimming pool. The sea is at 5 minutes distance
from New Creation.
Rooms booking: andre@auroville.org.in
Tel. (91) 0413- 622125, Fax (91) 413 622 981
We also have a Taxi service : avtransportserv@auroville.org.in
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New Lands
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
New
Lands |
| Number
of houses : |
3
family houses, 2 small houses |
| Number
of people : |
8
adults and 1 child |
| Date
of creation : |
1978 |
| Guesthouse
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No |
| E-mail
contact : |
shivaya@auroville.org.in |
More details:
The settlement is solar-powered,
has a windmill and is environmentally conscious.
We take care of an orchard and vegetable garden
as community duty. We like living in the middle
of the forest (Greenbelt), surrounded by plants
and beauty.
Newlands Forest is part of the nature preserve area
called Success Sanctuary.
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Nilatangham
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Housing
& Communities
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| Name
of the community : |
Nilatangham |
| Number
of houses : |
3
houses |
| Number
of people : |
3
adults |
| Date
of creation : |
1973 |
| Guesthouse
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Yes |
| E-mail
contact : |
ambre@auroville.org.in |
More details:
Nilatangham, poetic Tamil
name meaning 'Moongold' as a symbol for lasting
inspiration.. Its 15 acres of land are divided into
two distinct parts, the forest and the orchard.
Since the beginning, great energy has been put into
establishing a productive vegetable and herb garden.
Its quiet atmosphere is
ideal for concentrated work. Nilatangham emphasises
a 'DO IT YOURSELF PHILOSOPHY', - not very many employees
are seen in its premises.
Guest
Introduction Weeks and Newcomer 'Discovery'
Weeks are organised from here.
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