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Our current activities include, NAMAH Holistic Health Education: Workshops and seminars promoting integral health and healing. Research & Publications: Publishing articles, research, and books on topics related to integral...
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Education and Research (SAFIER) Education is meant to maximize one's potential and help one integrate with one's true self, surroundings, society, country and humanity. SAFIER aspires to work to...
The work undertaken by these institutes includes AuroSchools: Model nurseries, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools are being established, where learning is joyful and creative. The focus is on developing faculties like concentration,...
Browse information on upcoming and past events and announcements from the Sri Aurobindo Society head office in Puducherry, India, as well as the SAS Branches and Affiliated Centres. Also, catch up on news from SAS worldwide. Read wide-ranging...
Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) Since about 700 million people in India’s villages live below the poverty line, there is a dire need and urgency to develop, uplift and enable them to become a dynamic part of...
SARVAM started its work with two villages in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. A dedicated and active group of people have been organized in each village to work with the rest of the community in every field of life. SARVAM’s role is...
The Sri Aurobindo Society aims to bring together all those who would like to work for the advent of a new world. Participate with us—come visit, volunteer, contribute, learn and grow in a way and in a field that interests you.
AuroSpace aims to combine functionality with culturally relevant and ecologically sensitive designs. Sharanam, a rural development training institute developed by Aurospace, is an architectural landmark and is acclaimed to...
AuroSpace has designed the rural development centre called ‘Sharanam’, which is part of SARVAM, our integral rural development programme. The construction of the Centre is nearing its completion. You can read more about...
The Sri Aurobindo Society welcomes your participation in a variety of ways - visit us, volunteer, contribute, become a member, learn and grow in a way and in a field that interests you.
“Indian civilisation has been the form and expression of a culture as great as any of the historic civilisations of mankind, great in religion, great in philosophy, great in science, great in thought of many kinds, great in literature, art and...
To facilitate a deeper appreciation and understanding of Sri Aurobindo’s vision of India’s destined work for the future of humanity. To design and curate inspiring educational programmes that emphasize the dynamic application of...
Over the years we have organized several exhibitions, seminars, special lectures, cultural programs as well as orientation and training programmes on a rich variety of topics related to Indian Culture and Civilisation. Please visit to learn...
AuroYouth The Society’s youth wing AuroYouth has the dynamic ideal of preparing the youth to become the builders of a better tomorrow. It has, therefore, set the following objectives for itself: To inspire the youth to find their aim...
Sri Aurobindo has said, “Our ideal is a new birth of humanity into the spirit; our life must be a spiritually inspired effort to create a body of action for that great new birth and creation.” There are no rigid rules or...
The Sri Aurobindo Society aims to bring together all those who would like to work for the advent of a new world. Participate with us—come visit, volunteer, contribute, learn and grow in a way and in a field that interests you.
Our vision is to enable women to play their true role in all fields of life, and to help in the ushering in of the new race envisioned by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. While great strides have been made in the matter of women’s...
Women’s Council An integral part of the Sri Aurobindo Society, the Council focuses on all issues relevant to women, and helps them to awaken to the truth that all human beings are manifestations of one universal Self. As the...
Regarding the attitude one must take towards work, Sri Aurobindo’s words guide us: “Try to realise the strength within you, try to bring it forward, so that everything you do may be not your doing, but the doing of the Truth...
We often receive questions from aspirants who are not satisfied with their present state, who are trying to find a meaning in their lives, a deeper reason for why things happen as they do, and who are searching for a light to guide them in their...
We do hope that this list of compilations will inspire the readers to go to the complete works, help them to uncover the deeper purpose of their life, and set them on the path of ever greater perfection:
Please note we do not organise accommodation bookings through the Sri Aurobindo Society's website. Please contact the concerned guest house to check the availability of rooms and booking. The links to Sri Aurobindo Society-affiliated guest...
The nearest cities to Puducherry are Chennai (160 kms) and Bengaluru (315 kms). The nearest airport is in Chennai. From Chennai airport, it is a 3 hour drive to Puducherry.
From Chennai there are regular bus services. Taxis can also be hired.
There is a daily train connecting Chennai to Puducherry. Another daily train to Chennai from Villupuram which is a nearby city 34 kms. from Puducherry, is also available.
Http://www.pondytourism.in/how-to-reach.php The official website of Tourism Department, Government of Puducherry. Contains a very good map of the city and other useful details. http://www.pondicherry.net.in/ Useful...
Weather Rains occur principally in October, November and December, with occasional showers from July to September. The dry season lasts from January to July, and the hottest period from April to August. The most pleasant months are December,...
Http://tourism.gov.in/puducherry The official website of Tourism Department, Government of Puducherry. Contains a very good map of the city and other useful details. http://pondicherry.net.in Useful information for visitors and...
The Society has a presence outside India. The global units are registered under the laws of their country and work to take forward the message of Mother and Sri Aurobindo. A map of our global presence SAS...
The following are some of the organizations related to us, Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and their vision of an integral life: Sri Aurobindo Ashram The Ashram in Puducherry, India, is a spontaneous outflowering and expression of the ideals of Sri...
Sri Aurobindo Society has several Branches and Affiliated Centres in India and abroad. In a message, the Mother explains the true significance of a 'Centre': “To open a centre is not sufficient in itself. It must be the pure...
View the complete list of SAS Branches and Centres Branches, Centres & Study Circles in India on Google Map
The year was 1907. The freedom movement in India was gathering momentum. Its leader was detained by the police. The poet Rabindranath Tagore paid him a visit after his acquittal, and wrote the now famous lines: “Rabindranath, O...
Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta, on August 15, 1872, at 5:00 am, the hour of dawn. The date is doubly important. Seventy-five years later, on August 15, 1947, India attained her freedom. In a message, Sri Aurobindo, who had played a leading...
Thus Sri Aurobindo sailed back to his country in 1893, at the age of twenty-one, having spent the most important and formative fourteen years of his life in a foreign land. He had grown up in England, but did not feel any attachment to it. India...
The freedom movement was given a huge impetus by the decision of Lord Curzon to partition Bengal. Protest meetings were held all over the country and a mass agitation was launched in Bengal. In June 1906, Sri Aurobindo took one year's leave...
The freedom movement was given a huge impetus by the decision of Lord Curzon to partition Bengal. Protest meetings were held all over the country and a mass agitation was launched in Bengal. In June 1906, Sri Aurobindo took one year's leave...
Sri Aurobindo reached Pondicherry on April 4, 1910. He was then 38 years old. He was received by several revolutionaries of Pondicherry. In fact some of them had been waiting for an Uttara Yogi, a yogi from the north. They had heard the prophecy...
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother believe that evolution is primarily a process of the manifestation of higher and higher levels of consciousness upon earth. As life descended into inert matter, and mind into unconscious life, so too higher levels...
The 15th of August 1947 Message by Sri Aurobindo [Sri Aurobindo wrote this message at the request of All India Radio, Tiruchirapalli, India, for broadcast on the eve of India’s independence. This is the message which was broadcast on...
The Mother was born in Paris on February 21, 1878. Her parents were immigrants to France. Her father, Maurice Alfassa, was a wealthy Turkish banker from Adrianopolis and her mother, Mathilda Ismalun, came from Cairo. Turkey and Egypt are, in a...
Sri Aurobindo had come to Pondicherry in 1910. The same year Mirra's husband, Paul Richard, also came to Pondicherry for some political work. He met Sri Aurobindo several times and on his return to France told Mirra about him. Mirra now felt...
But then the First World War intervened. In February 1915, Paul Richard had to go back to France to join the French Reserve Army and the Mother returned with him. Soon after, she fell seriously ill and the doctors gave up all hope. She recovered...
In 1920 the Mother sailed for Pondicherry. Now the most important chapter in her life was to begin. She had found her chosen and appointed place of spiritual fulfilment. The Mother reached Pondicherry on April 24, 1920. She was forty-two. She...
AuroMedia, AuroFilms, AuroTV and SACAC AuroFilms and AuroTV are film and audiovisual production and distribution houses, entering the field to prepare quality films and television programmes which are not only informative and enjoyable but also...
SACAC offers full-time courses in arts and communication and short-term courses in various fields including creative writing, scriptwriting, video editing, still photography, puppetry, sketching, painting and film appreciation. It also organizes...
The Sri Aurobindo Society aims to bring together all those who would like to work for the advent of a new world. Participate with us—come visit, volunteer, contribute, learn and grow in a way and in a field that interests you.
Sri Aurobindo Society was started by the Mother in 19th September 1960. She was not only the founder and the Executive President but also remains its guiding force. From a very small beginning, over the years, the Society has grown into an...
The membership of the Society is open to everyone, everywhere who believes in and would like to work for the realization of the ideals of the Society. All the members receive the monthly All India Magazine published by the Society. Joining the...
The apex decision-making body of the Society is its Executive Committee. At present it consists of the following members: Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman Shri Vijay Poddar, Member Executive—Admin. & Finance Ms. Sushila Melvani,...
Sri Aurobindo Society is registered at Kolkata with its administrative office in Puducherry, India. The Society is - a Not-for-profit Organisation under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (now West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961) a Research...
Sri Aurobindo Society is headquartered in Puducherry, and the office premises are in a building known as the ‘Society House’. Here is brief pictorial view of the Society House. theme sortfunction showpics(){var...
Today, Sri Aurobindo Ashram is known as a great centre of spiritual endeavour. People from all over the world come to Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry), in South India, to bathe in an atmosphere full of peace, light and joy, to live a life of...
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Our web development team is happy to release the new website on the auspicious day of 24th April 2018. The older website has been recast and custom developed in a new platform. Most of the existing features and content have been...
We are often confronted with a problem or a situation where we do not know what to do. It is as if we are standing in front of a closed door whose key is lost and we are not able to move forward. In these moments, if we take a book of spiritual...
This is a method which has been practised with books in many spiritual traditions since ancient times. Often the books used for this purpose are the Gita, the Bible, the Quran or a similar book that is imbued with a concentration of spiritual force...
We have here a collection of quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. If we can do the same thing as with a book, with a quiet concentration, with aspiration, and with faith click the button below, we believe that just the right quote which...
The Mother too sometimes in her classes with children, took a book of Sri Aurobindo, opened a page at random and read out a sentence from there. The Mother was once asked, “Can these sentences give one a sign or an indication? What should we...
SABCL: Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library Edition, published on the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s birth centenary in 1972 (in 30 volumes) CWSA: The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, published on the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s 125th...
Education is one of the most powerful means for bringing about change in the individual, the society and the country. In India, an innovative initiative is needed, which can successfully bring together four elements—impact with large numbers,...
The descending triangle represents Sat-Chit-Ananda. The ascending triangle represents the aspiring answer from matter under the form of life, light and love. The junction of both—the central square—is the perfect...
INSTITUTE(S) Sanjeevan transcending pain, transforming lives Sanjeevan, an initiative by Sri Aurobindo Society in collaboration with Institute of Palliative Medicine (IPM), Kozhikode, Kerala, and HelpAge India, New Delhi, aims...
The central circle represents the Divine Consciousness. The four petals represent the four powers of the Mother. The twelve petals represent the twelve powers of the Mother manifested for Her work. The central circle represents the Supreme...
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In India, there are about 2.90 million Children with Special Needs (CWSNs). But most of these differently abled children do not have equal access to health care, education, and employment opportunities. We need to create an inclusive world in which...
Sri Aurobindo Society has signed an MOU with Satya Special School, Puducherry to work at improving the quality of education for Children with Special Needs. A research program is being formulated on the effect of Multiple interventions...
A step towards the new future Puthiya Nambikkai (meaning ‘New Hope’ in Tamizh language) is a collaborative effort between Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry Police Department and Satya Special School, towards a) Prisoners...
A number of activities are undertaken by Sri Aurobindo Society to bring out the best side of the prisoners, a group of people ostracised by the society. Yoga has been found to have healing effects at a psychological level. Regular yoga and...
Under the aegis of Svarnim Puducherry, Sri Aurobindo Society has taken the initiative to launch the project “Our Responsibility to Children” (ORC) in government schools of Puducherry; and for the current academic year, SAS has taken up...
Svarnim Puducherry is a multi-dimensional initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society which aims to initiate and take forward a new course of growth in Puducherry, and subsequently across India. It is conceived as Society’s offering on the...
Svarnim Puducherry is an evolving journey that will traverse multiple domains. While it aims to be primarily participative where it will invite new ideas of change from the public and germinate them into real-time transformations, some of its...
Every individual or organization, inspired to be part of a transformative movement towards a Golden Pondicherry in all aspects, are welcome. Participation can be in any field and in any form. Our aim is to make Svarnim Puducherry a truly inclusive...
Just as each individual has a soul which is his true self and which governs his destiny more or less overtly, so too each nation has a soul which is its true being and moulds its destiny from behind the veil: it is the soul of the country, the...
“Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength,... we, born from thy parts of Power, we the youth of India, are seated here in thy temple. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in this land of...
In modern-day parlance, the term Yoga has connotations of a dedicated discipline of physical exercises and body postures that promise a sound physical and mental health, a healthy lifestyle, a healthy mind, and a better physical body. To...
Yoga for teachers Yoga for police Yoga for children Yoga for special children Prenatal Yoga Progrmmes (Yoga for Pregnant Women - pre & post-delivery) Harmonising relations in the light of Yoga (a yogic counseling-based...
Workshop Name Indian National Payment Link Svādhyāya Readmore https://rzp.io/l/CHHZcsfU Living within the...
“Beauty is the way in which the physical expresses the Divine— but the principle and law of Beauty is something inward and spiritual which expresses itself through the form.” – Sri Aurobindo (23 August 1933) As part of...
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A Happy Announcement! Our Upcoming Film Title Sri Aurobindo: A Call to New India Film Style A short animation Film Content Based on the 5 Dreams of Sri Aurobindo Release Date 15th August 2025 We are very...
Auro Model Prison (Earlier Puthiya Nambikkai) Puthiya Nambikkai (meaning ‘New Hope’ in Tamizh language) now renamed as Auro Model Prison is a collaborative effort between Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry...
A Holistic Approach to Well-being Discover the transformative power of integral healing with Uditam, a unique initiative by the Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry. Uditam, a Sanskrit word meaning "dawn" or "awakening," offers...
A full-fledged homeopathy clinic—SRI AUROBINDO CENTRE FOR HOMEOPATHY (SACH)—for treatment facilities, health awareness, research and training in homeopathy is a major part of the Integral Health programme of SAS. Health...
NAMAH is a journal dedicated to the cause of an integral approach to psychology, health and medicine. The basic concept is that a human being is a complex whole constituted by the body, the emotional nature, the mind and, behind all these, the core...