Auraville S.L. Reviews

Amazing worth a watch.. Calm, peaceful.. Walk through nature to view matrimandir
#auroville...

Misimerised with the natural and the artifical beauty

Gives you a glimpse into the history and reason for aurovilles existence. And what they hope to achieve there.

Video about the formation and essence of auroville was very informative.

I totally love the place. Food is beyond awesome. Shopping is too good. I can never buy enough.

Good people, good restaurant and pleasant experience

They run a video as what is thier ideology of human unity! Amazing place!

Lot's of trees and don't go in summer have to walk for some time and don't get to see inside the globe

Very calm and and peaceful place in the lap of a forest.

This place is quite silent with a eerie feeling. The people over here are from all nations and it gives you the feeling that you are in a foreign land. The place is huge with lots of trees. This place is a nice place to visit to enjoy the silence and talk a walk around. The cafeteria over here had a different variety of menu which can be tried once.

We had to walk alot but it was fun as we came across alot of plots and trees quiet a few number of cafes available within to hog , a shop or two for shopping which I personally felt were too expensive.
I love the place for it's silence and the introduction video session they gave us right in the beginning. And the purpose of this place is beautifully explained.

We did manage to find transport facility way back to our starting point.

Good place, assisted with a guide. Providea all type of information necessary..

This is quite good and I've a friendly environment experience

Peaceful , visit before 4 pm to get the pass for matri mandir or take a bicycle ride,very well mantained

Relaxing place
Calm environment

Visitor center is the place with need to go to get the pass for the maitiri mandir. You need to see the video about the history and formation of the society nad then need to get the pass. It's open for full day in weekdays and only on Sunday open for half day.

Book ur passes 2 Matri Mandir here. Shop at Lovely botiques..beautiful n serene place

Good place to spend half a day. Very well managed and organised. Kalki boutique and Mira Boutiques are a must visit to buy souveniers, linen and cotton garments, jewellery, bags, perfumes, candles, agarbattis, essential oils, beauty products etc. Ladies just love the above Boutiques and once they go inside don't expect them to come out for the next one to two hours All the products for sale are made by the members of Auroville at Auroville itself.
The Bakeries at the visitor center serve good variety of products that are grown organically in Auroville. I liked their Tuna Sandwich and Banana Lassi.
Matrimandir (The Golden Meditation Globe) is a beautiful sight to see but they don't allow visitors to go close or go inside. One has to register 24 hrs prior to do so by going there in person.
Don't expect things like passing by the houses or colonies of members/citizens, their way of life, interaction with them to satisfy your spiritual curiosity etc of the inhabitants of Auroville once you are in their premises. Due to lack of association, sighting of their lives, their meditational process and interaction with the citizens of Auroville one lacks the spiritual connect with the place for which some people like me go there. However it's a good experience and the atmosphere there is very soothing and relaxing.

Except globe, personally I don't feel this place got anything better

This place is good but the problem for senior citizen and handicap is this those who cannot walk, there is no provision to go to information center from parking

Nice place. They will ask your mobiles to switch off. The place once had more flowers and the sweet auroma. Now the flowers are limited. Quiet place to do meditation

i love this palce. amazing experience. must visit at this place.

Nice place, feels we are in forest & French colony is 2 km from there.

A great place to acquire information about auroville and madirmandir. Here we can make the booking for madirmandhir visiting too...

There is a lot to this township than what they show in the visitor's center
Following fully sustainable and barter system as a way of living
It's worth going there to see how people live in so much peace and harmony
The area as whole is huge and apart from Mantra Mandir they have so much more from sound museum to small handicraft shops and eateries
Wouldn't recommend for group of college people
To get inside mantri Mandir one has to get a prior permission

Nice architecture inside auroville. Nature and modern things fused together

A must visit place when in pondicherry. A place for peace and self discovery.

Waste place, should walk a lot.
They will not leave us inside the golden ball or meditation centre, people who are not interested in places like these can happily skip it.

Long but nice walk. Better to carry a bottle of water and an umbrella when you go in. Also, there are cafes there to relax and a lot of tree shaded area

Must visit while in Pondicherry or Auroville. Beautiful inside out!!!

Small eateries,Facilities of cycle rent and Shopping with different models from different angles of Matrimandir and That s all.

Must visit place to see Eco friendly innovations and spirit for love and harmony

What an amazing place with great information all around. A wonderful experience and great project.

Pieceful pilgrimage place. Clean environment. Don't miss it

Very helpful staff. Lots of information you can get from here. Also, here you can watch a 30 minutes' video about the making of the Auroville Matrimandir. The show is free and everyone can watch.

Very good experience and also they doesn't charge like entry fee, transportation....

Worth visiting. to know different world of its own.

It's a nice place,the beautiful trees and the weather is so cool in between trees.The people who are working there are doing there best.it's a great place to those Nature lovers.

Worst place in Pondicherry.
There's no prior notice that the services are closed immediately after lunch on a weekend. On a weekend.! That's when you expect your visitors.
Besides even after a long walk to the globe, there is absolutely nothing to see.. even the fencing is high and gates were closed.. a total waste of time ..
I repeat..
THERE IS NOTHING HERE.. ITS A WATSE OF YOUR TIME.. MOREOVER PLACE LOOKS CREEPED OUT.. DO NOT VISIT HERE..

Must see place and please make stay for more than 2 days and do MEDITATE at matrimandir

It was like a microcosmos to the world, with people from everywhere, speaking a whole variety of languages, and bringing in so many interesting and different cultural, social and personal views and understandings. But this also made it, at times, difficult for people to get along they did not have enough in common, did not share enough of the same customs and sensibilities to connect, and, alongside the wonderful diversity, I would also see groups of the same ethnic origin sticking together and not venturing beyond their kin.

Restricted entry. U must book in advance to seen and meditation