1km Nature' walk from VC to MatriMandir
Auroville, pronounced as Aurovi, is an experimental
township founded by Mirra Alfassa commonly known as Mother. This is not a
tourist place actually; however, this place attracts a lot of tourists. I will
cover what it is all about in another post. This post is about the advice for
the common visitors.
If you happen to visit this place, First of all you
have to report to Auroville Visitors centre to collect your free pass to visit
MatriMandir. Here you will be shown 1 short video of 10 minutes to educate you
about the Auroville, its aims, objectives and instructions and directions to be
followed in Auroville.
After collecting your passes, you have to walk to MatriMandir
viewing point which is about 1 km long Nature's walk, from the visitor centre. There are
shuttle buses also available free of cost but I would recommend you to walk
down the path to reach Auroville.
Not because it is simply a nature walk full of
greenery but because you will encounter lot of wisdom in form of boards on your path to inculcate
in your daily life.
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This is not 100 year Banyan tree that is referred commonly
in Auroville but another Tree with its peculiar feature of aerial roots which
means their roots are above the ground and grow from branches towards the
ground and become new trunks. This Romantic gesture caught my eyes immediately.
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