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Sri Aurobindo Auditorium

Meeting with Newcomers

The GB-WCom invited Aurovilians and Newcomers to an Information Sharing and Joint Interaction meeting with the Governing Board-constituted Auroville Town Development Council, Funds and Assets Management Committee, Admissions and Terminations Scrutinizing Committee, Working Committee, and Auroville Foundation Legal.

Income tax and GST issues

On 21 March, the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation called all trustees, executives, managers and accountants of all Auroville units for an urgent meeting at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium to hear about Income Tax (IT) and General Service Tax (GST) issues.

Artists in Auroville – the current trends

Krishna Devanandan

Krishna Devanandan has a background as a dancer, cultural event organiser and teacher of Tai Chi. She helped organise the Auroville Film Festivals and managed the Auroville Art Service from its inception in 2012 until 2023, when the Auroville Foundation appointed new executives.

‘Is this the end?’

From left: Huong Pham, Thierry Moucazambo and Gopal Dalami

On February 19th, a remarkable performance took place at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium of Bharat Nivas. Inspired by the poem ‘Is this the end?’

In memoriam - Astad Deboo

Astad Deboo

I first met Astad Deboo at an International Dance Competition in Paris. Impressed by his performance, I invited him to Auroville to perform at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium.

Shalom Shanti Salam

Anandamayi soloing in Meditation

On two successive evenings in March the combined Auroville adult and youth choirs – 78 singers in all – accompanied by an instrumental ensemble presented a collection of songs from The Peacemakers at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas.

Searching for the spirit of seva

Tapas Bhatt

Tapas Bhatt has long been associated with supporting the arts in Auroville and, in particular, with connecting Auroville to the world and the world to Auroville through the arts.

What is happening at Bharat Nivas?

The small amphitheatre in the former the Auroville Library building

Is Bharat Nivas coming alive again? For some years the area, which houses the activities of the Indian pavilion, has seemed dormant, but today old structures are being demolished and new building projects underway.