Aurobrindavan community

Prosperity and decline since antiquity

Feature, By Deepika Kundaji

Beginning of Auroville – Canyons near Utility

Deepika Kundaji is known in India for her work in seed-conservation and land regeneration. She is regularly called on to conduct training for farmer groups and to speak about her work.

Charlie and the Aurogreen Farm

Feature, By Suzie

Covering about 25 acres in the northeast part of the Greenbelt, Aurogreen is one of Auroville’s oldest farms and was the first to go organic.

Acquiring and protecting the lands. The views of the Land Board

Editorial, By Carel

1 Approximate map of Auroville and the surrounding areas. In green are all the lands owned by Auroville. In the inner circle, the city area, most lands are owned by Auroville, but this is not the case in the outer circle, the Greenbelt

When the members of the Land Board took office in January 2014 they met with a dire scenario. Funds to purchase lands were in short supply, the sale of outlying lands was blocked, land encroachment was rampant, land grabs and falsifications of land documents by outsiders were discovered, and legal assistance was insufficiently available.

In memoriam - Lachman Melvani (Lachmanben)

In memoriam:

Long-term Aurovilian Lachmanben (Lachman Melvani) peacefully left her body in the early morning on the eve of the Mother’s Birthday, February 20, in her house in Aurobrindavan.

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.

Tackling the drought

Feature, By Carel

Creating a protected water and nature reserve

Feature, By Carel