Auroville

Auroville : 

Auroville http://www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/matrimandir_2.jpg

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Auroville (City of Dawn) is an "experimental" township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near  Pondicherry in South India. http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/UrbanSustainability/admin/image.html?imageid=1478259

The city was founded upon these principles, called "The Auroville Charter:" : 

The city was founded upon these principles, called "The Auroville Charter:" 1.Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But to live in Auroville, one must be the willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness. 2. Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages. 3. Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realizations. 4. Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.

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http://thewriteperspective.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/general.jpg Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.

The city is laid out in the shape of a galaxy ... : 

The city is laid out in the shape of a galaxy ... A rough sketch of the city's layout

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http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/1f/a0/2c/on-the-way-to-auroville.jpg

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http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/South/Tamil_Nadu/Pondicherry/photo1008114.htm The Matrimandir, a golden metallic sphere in the center of town.

A giant golden sphere 36m in diameter that houses an enormous chamber for meditation : 

A giant golden sphere 36m in diameter that houses an enormous chamber for meditation http://www.collaboration.org/aum/2008/images/auroville1.jpg

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http://www.scari.org/images/cosmic-auroville.jpg Auroville night sky A New Look for the City of Dawn,

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The Solar Bowl in Auroville concentrating sunlight on a movable receiver to produce steam for cooking. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Auroville_Solar_Bowl.JPG

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Although originally intended to house 50,000, the actual population today is approximately 2,007 coming from 44 nationalities, 836 of whom are of Indian origin. http://www.auroville.org/organisation/avi_2003/avi_main.jpg

The community is divided up into neighborhoods with English, Sanskrit, French and Tamil names like Aspiration, Arati, La Ferme, and Isaiambalam : 

The community is divided up into neighborhoods with English, Sanskrit, French and Tamil names like Aspiration, Arati, La Ferme, and Isaiambalam http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/auroville3.jpg

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http://synapticstimuli.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/595px-auroville_master_plan_1.jpg True spiritualism, knows no boundaries, or sense of separation or competition. All that is, is intrinsically connected through love.

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The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity. More information about Auroville can be found on their website, auroville.org http://www.auroville.de/data/FotoWebsiteDSC04815.jpg