Design Show: MIP
When: 11.03.23 11am-8pmWhere: At Kariappa House 20/24 Pillayar Koil Street Vaithikuppam, Pondy
Category: News and Events
Call: “My Body- My Voice, My Body – My Consent, My Body – My Boundaries”
Dear artists community, As a follow up of the awareness campaign on sexual harassment YouthLink called for a networking event to connect every unit and services working in this field, to further implement education and awareness in the community. We have held 3 sessions out of which we created SBA (Safety & Boundaries Awareness). SBA […]
Cinema: From Utopia to Reality 2002
Where: Cinema Paradiso When: Friday 10 March, 5pm A 52-minute documentary on Auroville, in English, made in 2002 for Swiss TV by Laurence Bolomey and Harry Haener. The doco presents Auroville through a number of its residents — Afsaneh, Arumugan, Bettina, Bhaga, Deepti, Diego, Gilles G, Johnny, Joss, Kamala, Kanchina, R. Kanniappan, Liliana, Lucas D, Luigi […]
Retreat: Dhrupad Retreat
We are delighted to have Niloy Ahsan back at A Sunlit Path for another Dhrupad Retreat on March 24, 25 & 26 from 10am-12pm & 3pm-5pm daily. Join us for a 3-day immersion into the meditative and healing vibrations of Dhrupad music! We’ll have a mix of vocal classes, active listening sessions, question and answer […]
Film screening & talk: EVER SLOW GREEN with director Christoph Pohl
Ever Slow Green tells the story of Auroville’s 50-years-young forest through some of the diverse characters who have dedicated their lives to bringing it to fruition.
Concert: Geography of The Moon by Virginia Bones-France and Andrea Rubbio-Italian/ Scottish
Geography of The MoonIndia 2023by Virginia Bones-FranceAndrea Rubbio-Italian/ ScottishLargely influenced by bandsFrom the 80s and the 90s, somewhere between psych rock, post punk, new wave and indie rock. GOTM create their own brand of mashed up styles:Psychwave. The band is freshly back from touring Japan and South East Asia. The Scottish-Italian/French duo got together in […]
Kirtan – Melting Into the Heart
When: 4 March 2023, 5pm Where: Sunlit Path Kirtan is an exquisite practice of stilling the mind, as the resonant repetition of mantra facilitates clarity and a heightened awareness of the present moment.
Retreat: Spiralling into Self
Join us for “Spiralling into Self”, a retreat offered by Giacomo Colomba and Sudha Suthanthiram at A Sunlit Path on March 10, 11 & 12 from 2pm to 5pm daily. Limited to 8 participants. We hold space in this retreat for you to journey into the wisdom of your unconscious, having time and space to […]
Retreat: Decoding the Yantra
In this experiential retreat, we explore the sacred symbology of the Yantra. We draw yantras and understand the sacred geometry of these ancient and powerful symbols. A ‘yantra’ is a geometric design, used since ancient times for contemplation, concentration and meditation. The word means instrument or machine, and is derived from the Sanskrit ‘yam’, meaning […]
Participatory project: drawing the photography of the Banyan tree
Come and draw the Banyan Tree with Cedric Bregnard.This participatory art will take place at Centre d’Art Citadines, Auroville with the presence of the artist.It is to meet a tree that Cedric Bregnard returned to Auroville.10 years after his first stay, the Swiss artist has an appointment with the monumental banyan tree that reigns in […]
Workshop: Film-Philosophy with “Once upon a time in Anatolia” with Deb Kamal Ganguly
From the ‘Zone’ there is no escape for anyone with a sense of self-esteem and an acute, self-questioning conscience. The brilliance of Ceylan has explored the horror of banality, the violence of meaninglessness, the burden of the homogeneous empty secular time. Through the gradual and incremental collective reading of this great example of ‘slow cinema’, […]
Blind Babble
How often do you meet a completely new person?& How often do you then have a discussion and delve into deep conversation and joined self introspection with that person? Our Blind Babble Event taking place on the 2nd of March was created to provide you with the experience of meeting and discussing loads of different […]
Pictures from Craft Mela 2023
Exhibition: Crystal
When: 18 Feb- 17 Mar. 2023 Where: Pitanga
Music: A Weekend of Jazz & localicious vegan Dinner
Poetry evening
PONDICHERRY HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2023 smartly preserving our heritage by focussing on RESPONSIBLE TOURISM OPEN TO ALLFREE ENTRY
Retreat: Sing!
When: March 3, 4, 5 – 10am-1pm Where: Sunlit Path join us for three half days of softening and allowing. Get to know your voice as it emerges effortlessly from your whole being. There will be plenty of deep relaxation, intuitive sound making, bodywork to physically begin to release tight spots, and partner/group explorations to […]
Festival: “WaterFest’23 – Stewardship for Water and Biodiversity”
Launched on 2nd Feb (World Wetlands day) and will go on till 22nd March (World Water day). The 7 week long festival, being held for the 4th time, is being celebrated across the Pondy-Villupuram-Auroville-Cuddalore (PVAC) Bioregion. The objectives are, 1) to celebrate our deep connection with water and 2) build collaboration for an integrated management […]
Course: Still to Motion Photography basic, Theory and Practice
When: 27th Feb. – 25th May 2023 Monday and Thursdays 11-13 hrs Mentor: Rrivu Laha (cinematographer, Film maker) To register write to support_filinstitute@auroville.org.in pr call Swanand Kottewar 8956126016
Exhibition: Chronotype by Giorgio Molinari at Centre d’Art Gallery
AV Art Service and the Centre d’Art Gallery is pleased to announce an exciting new photography exhibition, “CHRONOTYPE”, featuring a selection of the late Giorgio Molinari’s experimental works curated by Marco Feira & Piero Cefaloni for AV Art Service. The exhibition will be open to the public starting on Friday, February 17th at 4:30 PM […]
Exhibition: Art For Land & Pierre Legrand
The Material and The Spiritual can impact each other to alter Life and the Environment NOTE: Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays (Feb:12th to 15th closed to the public) Born in Paris, an engineer by profession, Pierre Legrand’s artistic journey began after coming to Pondicherry and meeting the Mother in 1968. Legrand’s work took off […]
Workshop: Movement practice
Workshop By Abhilash Ningappo INFORMATION: Savithri: +91-8940477667 (Studio Details)Abhilash: +91- 9980560577 (Workshop Details)
Meet the writer of Shurjo’s clan
Endangered craft MELA a day celebrating the various handicraft skills and arts found in Tamil Nadu!
MARKET STALLS OF CRAFTSPEOPLE, EXHIBITION OF THE CHILDRENS PROJECTS, LOCAL FOOD STALLS, AUROVILLE PRODUCTS, MUSIC AND MORE!
Auroville Festival
We invite the residents of Auroville to become a part of Auroville Festival ‘23. This year, the festival’s theme is the first quality of Mother’s symbol – Sincerity. The Auroville Festival is observed for eight days, from the 21st to the 28th of February, and we are planning to dedicate two days each to Maheshwari, […]