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Last updated: Sep 22, 2021

The Auroville Charter: a new vision of power and promise for people choosing another way of life

The Charter rests sealed in the Urn, as a powerful message and promise.
The Charter rests sealed in the Urn, as a powerful message and promise.
Auroville was born on 28 February 1968.  Its founder, the Mother, created the Auroville Charter consisting of four main ideas which underpinned her vision for Auroville. When Auroville came into being, All India Radio (AIR) broadcast the Charter, live, in 16 languages. Aurovilians apply the ideas of the Auroville Charter in their daily life, in policy-development, and decisions, big and small. The Charter thus forms an omnipresent referent that silently guides the people who choose to live and work for Auroville.

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 a 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 realisations.
  4. Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual human unity.


During the Auroville inauguration in 1968, youth from 124 different nations and 23 Indian states, deposited a handful of their native soil into the Urn, a marble clad structure in the form of a symbolic lotus bud, located in the centre of the Amphitheatre (see photo). The Auroville Charter - handwritten in French by the Mother - rests along with this soil, sealed in the Urn, as a powerful message and promise.  

The Charter of Auroville written by the Mother and the soil of the Samadhi being taken to the Urn by Kiran and Vijay Poddar. 28.2.1968
The Charter of Auroville written by the Mother and the soil of the Samadhi being taken to the Urn by Kiran and Vijay Poddar. 28.2.1968
Download Names Of The Representatives In Auroville Inauguration 28 2 1968 (pdf - 110.2 KB)
The Auroville Charter, written by The Mother
The Auroville Charter, written by The Mother

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  • Vision

  • The Auroville Charter
  • A Dream
  • To be a True Aurovilian
  • The Galaxy Concept of the City
  • Matrimandir - Soul of the City
  • Founder: The Mother
  • Visionary: Sri Aurobindo
  • Words of Wisdom
  • Integral Yoga
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  • Planning & Architecture
  • Green Practices
  • Education & Research
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