Argentine Tango is a social dance rooted in music and poetry. Join us if you love melody and rhythm and wish to explore movement, communication, and improvisation!

Introduction to Tango every Monday at 7pm. For better progression, new dancers are encouraged to join on the first Monday of each month. We might not be able to accommodate drop-ins after the second Monday.

Practice and informal Tango Social every Wednesday 7.30pm

All sessions in Harmony Hall, Bharat Nivas (behind Sawchu)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aVEY7rpSpzHsvyAG9

Please come on time and bring socks or slippery shoes for turning on the floor.

For more information or direction to the venue, please message 98211 66082.

If you stay outside of Auroville, please avoid driving a four-wheeler to the venue.

We welcome each of us to experience a quiet, intimate and cosy evening with our Little Child, as adults or otherwise, on Sunday, 2nd of August 2025 from 6pm to 8pm, at ArtBrute.

Filled with melodies of lingering emotions, it shall be live acoustic music abound with interactive stories, letter-writing, and memorable ramblings with and by Aanchal Bordoloi, a singer-songwriter who has a background in mental health, and has dabbled with the concept of inner child healing – talking to the bits and pieces of ourselves that are still hurting and stuck in the past.

The song Little Child is a conversation that attempts to look at problems in the present (including intrapersonal conflicts) – especially in terms of human relationships and help smoothen them out by having a conversation with the wounded parts within us, “I will cradle your scars, and love this wanderer.”

Date : Sunday, 2nd of August 2025 from 6pm to 8pm.

Venue : ArtBrute, 101/12, Auroville Main Road, Kuiliyapalayam

(https://g.co/kgs/dGWqhQb)

Scan the QR code/ RSVP +91-8248308610 via WhatsApp for more details. Contributions welcome.

See you soon!

https://www.instagram.com/mad_onstage/

https://www.instagram.com/art.brute/

We are grateful to be able to bring you yet another 3-day immersion into the magic of Dhrupad with Niloy Ahsan at A Sunlit Path, Auroville on Oct 31st, Nov 1 & Nov 2, 2023.

Dhrupad is an ancient form of Indian classical music known for its meditative and therapeutic qualities. It’s a musical journey that aligns the mind, body, and soul.

Led by Niloy Ahsan, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage, this retreat will introduce you to the profound practice of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga, making it accessible for beginners while enriching the knowledge of those already on their musical and yogic journey. Discover how sound can become a bridge between your outer and inner world, creating a harmony that resonates deep within.

This retreat is a welcoming space for all, whether you’re just starting or well along your path. Come as you are, with an open heart and a willingness to explore the magic of sound and silence.

Date: 31 Oct, 1 & 2 Nov
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm & 5-7pm
Register: +91-8870988843 (WA)

Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2

Friday & Saturday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm

Sunday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 3pm-5pm

A Sunlit Path, in collaboration with Abhaya, an Auroville activity of ASSA, is happy to bring you another DHRUPAD RETREAT with NILOY AHSAN on October 6, 7, 8 from 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm. Dhrupad is an ancient form of Indian classical music known for its meditative and therapeutic qualities. It's a musical journey that aligns the mind, body and soul.

Led by Niloy Ahsan, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage, this retreat will introduce you to the profound practice of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga, making it accessible for beginners while enriching the knowledge of those already on their musical and yogic journey. Discover how sound can become a bridge between your outer and inner world, creating a harmony that resonates deep within.

During these three days, you will:

• Cultivate inner peace and self awareness.

• Deepen your understanding of music and yoga.

• Experience the joy and wisdom of classical Indian music.

• Connect with like-minded souls on a spiritual journey.

• Discover the healing power of sound.

• Cultivate mindfulness and presence in your daily life.

This retreat is a welcoming space for all, whether you are just starting or well along your path. Come as you are, with an open heart and a willingness to explore the magic of sound and silence.

When: Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2

Where: A Sunlit Path

Register: +91-8870988843 WA

• Theme: “Singing hearts of Auroville”.
• Open to all nationalities.
• Sing your native songs with us.
• Support available for accompaniment.
• Register: https://tinyurl.com/avfestival

Avsingingfestival@gmail.Com

30 plus singers , 20 plus musicians, 20 plus languages , a deepening experience in unity in diversity : exclusively live music , 1 month of rehearsal .. a magical adventure that we would be glad to share with you ! Come see us: 2 days, 2 very different shows

Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2

Friday & Saturday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm

Sunday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 3pm-5pm

A Sunlit Path, in collaboration with Abhaya, an Auroville activity of ASSA, is happy to bring you another DHRUPAD RETREAT with NILOY AHSAN on October 6, 7, 8 from 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm. Dhrupad is an ancient form of Indian classical music known for its meditative and therapeutic qualities. It's a musical journey that aligns the mind, body and soul.

Led by Niloy Ahsan, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage, this retreat will introduce you to the profound practice of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga, making it accessible for beginners while enriching the knowledge of those already on their musical and yogic journey. Discover how sound can become a bridge between your outer and inner world, creating a harmony that resonates deep within.

During these three days, you will:

• Cultivate inner peace and self awareness.

• Deepen your understanding of music and yoga.

• Experience the joy and wisdom of classical Indian music.

• Connect with like-minded souls on a spiritual journey.

• Discover the healing power of sound.

• Cultivate mindfulness and presence in your daily life.

This retreat is a welcoming space for all, whether you are just starting or well along your path. Come as you are, with an open heart and a willingness to explore the magic of sound and silence.

When: Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2

Where: A Sunlit Path

Register: +91-8870988843 WA

Harmony Hall, Bharat Nivas

You are invited to join us on this sonic adventure; combining yoga nidra and the power of sound!

Yoga nidra allows us to enter a Hypnagogic state – a doorway to the subconscious mind. This will be followed by a deep sound bath, allowing us to take a journey inwards through sound and awareness.

Privanjali is a multi-dimensional explorer – a movement, psyche, and sonic researcher who believes in quantum thinking. She is a yoga and sound therapist and psychologist who has been exploring multi-dimensional therapy for the last decade.

Astrid is a sonic researcher, mantra meditation, and yoga facilitator from Brussels, Belgium. Her background is nada yoga (yoga of sound), sound work, restorative yoga, and vinyasa flow.

For registration, please contact:

+91 8148749230 (Whatsapp), svaramprograms@gmail.com

BHARAT NIVAS

The Pavilion or India. Auroville

Sunday, October 8th at 7pm

Join us for the unique experience of a dhrupad concert in an intimate setting with the exceptionally talented Niloy Ahsan. Spaces are limited, please register in advance.

.

When: Oct 8th @7pm

Where: A Sunlit Path

Register: +91-8870988843 WA

October 6, 7, 8

Friday & Saturday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm

Sunday at 10:30am-12:30pm & 3pm-5pm

A Sunlit Path, in collaboration with Abhaya, an Auroville activity of ASSA, is happy to bring you another DHRUPAD RETREAT with NILOY AHSAN on October 6, 7, 8 from 10:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-7pm. Dhrupad is an ancient form of Indian classical music known for its meditative and therapeutic qualities. It's a musical journey that aligns the mind, body and soul.

Led by Niloy Ahsan, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage, this retreat will introduce you to the profound practice of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga, making it accessible for beginners while enriching the knowledge of those already on their musical and yogic journey. Discover how sound can become a bridge between your outer and inner world, creating a harmony that resonates deep within.

During these three days, you will:

• Cultivate inner peace and self awareness.

• Deepen your understanding of music and yoga.

• Experience the joy and wisdom of classical Indian music.

• Connect with like-minded souls on a spiritual journey.

• Discover the healing power of sound.

• Cultivate mindfulness and presence in your daily life.

This retreat is a welcoming space for all, whether you are just starting or well along your path. Come as you are, with an open heart and a willingness to explore the magic of sound and silence.

When: October 6, 7, 8

Where: A Sunlit Path

Register: +91-8870988843 WA

• A soulful evening of Dhrupad with performers NILOY AHSAN & ROMAN DAS.
• Tanpura by Gayathri Balachandran and Ask Balachandran.
• Event on 31st August 2023, starting at 7.30pm (Duration: 90 minutes).
• Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville.
• For more details, visit: www.artforland.in or artforland.org.in.
• Kindly arrive by 7.20 pm; bike parking available outside the gate.

presents alive jazz & localicious dinner a
Schizophrenic jazz & funk
Dinner begins at 7pm music begins at 7:45pm

Arpanaa presents: Anubhuti – An Experience of Dhrupad

The oldest form of Indian Classical Music Through Concert & Interactive Session

by Ashlesha Shintre, Disciple of the Pt. Uday Bhawalkar & Shri Arijit Mahalanabis

Organized by Geeta (Kalpana) and Yogini (Kalpana) for Arpanaa, a service funded by Auroville City Services

Indo French Musical Collaboration

MAHESH VINAYAKRAM

Vocals & Konnakol

When: Sunday, June 19th, at 7 PM
Where: The Right Path Cafe, Visitors Centre

• When: 7pm, 17 April 2022
• Where: Right Path Cafe, Visitors Center’s, Auroville

This week you can listen to the first episode of Lunaria, a new program held by Nadia for promoting women’s health & vitality and sharing in-depth information about women’s cyclical wisdom and women’s rites of passage, Enjoy and stay tuned! 

Live Streaming channel (playing 24/7)

Explore on-air schedules

Last published podcasts:

1. Lunaria – ep.1 (Women’s health)
2. What do you know – ep.2 (Yoga & philosophy)
3. Happiness, Love and Laughter – “The Sufi way” (Wellness)
4. Neo Urban Chronik – “Can we do English humor without being English”? (Humour)
5. The Tamil Literary Forum – A collection of Children’s Songs by Madurai Magal (Tamil culture)
6. Audible Weed Walk – “Talking, Dreaming, Waiting to eat” (Food education)
7. Aarohan – “Rediscovering Aftaab e Mausiqi – Ustad Faiyaaz KhanSaab” (Music)
8. The Academik Genius Brothers – The Making Off… ep.14 (Theatre)
9. Savitri, B. VII, C. VI, Part 4 (Integral yoga)
10. Happiness, Love and Laughter – “Three Pillars of Happiness” (Wellness)

….and more! on www.aurovilleradio.org

For more information write to radio@auroville.org.in

for more information visit https://www.ragamantra.com/avisha

The 41st edition of annual Saptak music festival will be held in a virtual format online from 1 January to 13th January 2021. The festival this year is titled “Vishwa-mangal” means global well being. Every year we start the new year with beautiful music. It fosters social bonding and collective spiritual homage. The pandemic has snatched away that stage. So, we have decided to create a new vast stage – Saptak Annual Music Festival – Vishwamangal. The year 2021 will be also the 100th birth anniversary of late legendary Tabla maestro Pandit Samta Prasad. On this occasion we will pay our tributes to him. We will usher in the New Year by evoking the spirit of well-being, brotherhood and peace with divine music literally on a stage without Borders. The restrictions posed due to the pandemic has also given us an opportunity to reach out to global audiences and make our music accessible with the help of technology. We sincerely hope to welcome you at our 42nd edition of Annual Saptak Festival on the 1st January 2022 in Ahmedabad, India.

REGISTRATION & ACCESS FROM INDIA.

https://www.saptak.org/saptakDesk/saptak2021 (For Desktops/Laptops)

https://www.saptak.org/saptakTab/saptak2021 (For Mobile Phones)

FOR REGISTRATION & ACCESS FROM ABROAD (Outside India) https://shaale.com/live/saptak
*Enjoy, share and revert.* https://www.saptak.org/saptakDesk/saptak2021…

Auroville Radio team wish you merry Xmas! Stay tuned!

Last published podcasts

• A talk by Dr. Anuradha Choudry “Sanskrit as Yoga” (Indian culture)
• Happiness, Love and Laughter – ep.69 “Santa’s Gifts” (Wellness)
• Soul Tracks – ep. 22 “Revolutions” (Music)
• Savitri, B. VII, C. VI, Part 3 (Integral yoga)
• The Academik Genius Brothers – The Making Off… ep.11 (Theatre)
• Aarohan – ep.12 “The Singing Sitar of Ustad Vilayat Khan “ (Music)
• Audible Weed Walk – “Wild greens: the ultimate opportunistic sustainable plants” (Edible weeds)
• The Tamil Literary Forum – ep.16 “முதல் தந்திரம்- கல்வி” (Tamil culture)
• Neo Urban Chronik – ep.26 “Do we deserve what we deserve ?”  (Humour)
• Marlenka’s Weekly Offering – ep.14 (Literature)

…and more! on www.aurovilleradio.org

For more information write to radio@auroville.org.in

The 41st edition of annual Saptak music festival will be held in a virtual format online from 1 January to 13th January 2021. The festival this year is titled “Vishwa-mangal” means global well being. Every year we start the new year with beautiful music. It fosters social bonding and collective spiritual homage. The pandemic has snatched away that stage. So, we have decided to create a new vast stage – Saptak Annual Music Festival – Vishwamangal. The year 2021 will be also the 100th birth anniversary of late legendary Tabla maestro Pandit Samta Prasad. On this occasion we will pay our tributes to him. We will usher in the New Year by evoking the spirit of well-being, brotherhood and peace with divine music literally on a stage without Borders. The restrictions posed due to the pandemic has also given us an opportunity to reach out to global audiences and make our music accessible with the help of technology. We sincerely hope to welcome you at our 42nd edition of Annual Saptak Festival on the 1st January 2022 in Ahmedabad, India.

In the meanwhile please join us in this collective musical prayer. Saptak wish you, your family and your friends best of health and joyful Christmas season ahead.

http://www.saptak.org

REGISTRATION & ACCESS FROM INDIA.
https://www.saptak.org/saptakDesk/saptak2021 *(For Desktops/Laptops)*https://www.saptak.org/saptakTab/saptak2021 *(For Mobile Phones)****

FOR REGISTRATION & ACCESS FROM ABROAD (Outside India)https://shaale.com/live/saptak
*Enjoy, share and revert.* https://www.saptak.org/saptakDesk/saptak2021…

11 – 17 December 2020 | Goethe-Institut Chennai

GOETHE-INSTITUT / MAX MUELLER BHAVAN CHENNAI

OPEN CALL for Participation in

‘Be Music BEEs 2020’
A Western Music Contest for South Asian Musicians on the Occasion of

250 Years of BEETHOVEN – An Exuberance in 2020

A virtual Musical Week celebrating the Titan & Icon of Western Classical Music

11 – 17 December 2020 | Goethe-Institut Chennai

Musicians (instrumentalists) professionally trained in Western Classical Music from the South Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) are welcome to present their talent and participate in ‘Be Music BEEs 2020’ music contest in one of the following categories:

★ Inspired amateur BEEs (less than 5 years of training /performing)
– 3 to 8 min. rendering of your favorite Beethoven’s composition

★ Inspired professional BEEs (well trained and performing)
– 3 to 8 min. rendering of your favorite Beethoven’s composition

★ Versatile BEEs – a 3 to 8 min. rendering of your creative interpretation of Beethoven’s composition

Send in your entries, become a part of this special event and win exciting prizes!

Register Now

Music Concert by Indeceltic
Anna & Maninder

The 100% AV band, 8 months old, with 9 original tunes, is now on instagram!       

https://www.instagram.com/candybox.av/reels/

Megan Schoenbohm offers virtual concerts and jams for families. Attending them live may be difficult with time zone differences, but you can find them on her YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ECwtusxXI9AWtVvalXpNQ

The Twelve Qualities – words from The Mother, music composed by Pushkar Carlotto. Performed by Auroville Choirs and Instrumental Ensemble (2002).  (The instrumental preludes represent the essences, the voices the power of change)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4lwCur5JpA