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Statement by the Forest Group

Photo credit: Christoph


On the Banyan tree at the centre of Auroville

1  Meditation under the Banyan on New Year’s Eve, 2022

In our previous issue we devoted two pages to the Banyan tree, including a brief historical overview. Since then, a former Matrimandir executive has sent us something that he wrote in 2004, which provides additional details about the tree.


Talking about death

LTAD core group from left: Fakeera, Lisa, Den, Kalsang, Valeria

Initially created as a sub-group of Third-Age (under Mattram’s umbrella), the “Let’s Talk About Death” group aims to reach any age of Auroville’s population by providing time, space and content to talk freely about death.


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