Aranya forest

In memoriam - Eric Ramanujam

In memoriam:

On 19 March, Eric Ramanujam passed away at the age of 58 in PIMS, where he had been taken due to advanced jaundice. Many of us know his beautiful and educative wild life stone paintings placed in Pitchandikulam, at the visitors walk way to the Visitors’ Centre, as well as at the toll plaza of the East Coast Road.

Land purchase in the early years

Feature, By Anjani and Dayanand

Little is known about those early days before Auroville’s inauguration, when land purchase and the first Auroville developments were started by the Sri Aurobindo Society.

Creating a protected water and nature reserve

Feature, By Carel