Near Pondicherry in Southern Indian is Auroville, an experimental township devoted to the teachings of mystic philosopher Sri Aurobindo. The 20 square kilometer site was founded in 1968 by Aurobindo?s spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa. Otherwise known as ?The Mother,? she saw Auroville as a place ?where men of all countries would be at home?.

Near Pondicherry in Southern Indian is Auroville, an experimental township devoted to the teachings of mystic philosopher Sri Aurobindo. The 20 square kilometer site was founded in 1968 by Aurobindo?s spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa. Otherwise known as ?The Mother,? she saw Auroville as a place ?where men of all countries would be at home?.

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Today, Auroville has roughly 2,500 residents and continues to sustain itself, albeit to mixed results. On one hand, the Mother?s utopian vision has somewhat fallen short, with murders, suicides, visitors warned not to go out alone at night, and the questionable control of money in a theoretically ?money-less? society.

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