Visitor's Information Centre This is the Ashram information centre for visitors. It provides visitors with the following services: It hosts a permanent exhibition introducing the life and yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother through their own writings. It also offers a glimpse into the Ashram and its activities. It conducts video programmes everyday in the morning (except Sundays) and in the afternoon on Tuesdays and Fridays to help visitors understand Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, their work and the Ashram. It has a large map of Pondicherry with relevant places marked on it. It guides visitors in finding accommodation in the Ashram guest houses. It provid

Cottage Industries     Cottage Industries   Cottage Industries was started in 1949 to provide the Sri Aurobindo Ashram with incense sticks and mats, the surplus being distributed amongst devotees. In time, a great demand for incense arose from devotees abroad and our first export was made in 1973..       Our Showroom   Cottage Industries started a retail outlet in 1993. The showroom at Rangapillai Street i

SRI AUROBINDO LIBRARY    The Ashram Library started in 1954. The Mother then gave it the message: "A library must be an intellectual sanctuary. There one should look for light and progress." Set in a large, French colonial building with its big halls, its quiet corners, and its own little garden in front, and with 80,000 books in 25 different languages and hundreds of periodicals, the library is very much an intellectual sanctuary. The library also has a large collection of Indian and Western classical records and tapes. Indian classical music is played at the Library every Wednesday starting at 8.30 pm and West

ELECTRIC AND WATER SERVICE  The Ashram was formed in 1926 without any announcement without any proclamation. But it emerged slowly from some unknown depth according to necessity. These necessities formed some centers of activities oriented around some ideal and aim of service, the service to the Divine Mother called the Mother’s work and the service to the community. As the community was growing the number of service centers increased and also each centre expanded.     Thus the first service centre was the Dining Room and Kitchen. It appeared or emerged in the year 1923 when the Mothe

Precast Concrete Works   ,    1 SLABS - Thickness available 1.5'',2'' 3'' &4''  2 JOIST   - 6''*3''  3       RINGS    Inner Diameter 1'10'';2'4'';3';3.7'';4'.                Outer Diameter for SEPTIC TANKS for WATER TANKS  4 COVERS - ROUND SLAB Diameter 2' 2''; 2'8''; 3'4''; 4'; 4'6''; 5'.   to keep SYNTEX TANK  5 R.C.C.