Savitri Bhavan located in the International Zone of Auroville offers wide range of activities focusing on Savitri and Integral yoga.

April 2021

Exhibitions

Meditations on Savitri
The series of 472 paintings created by the Mother with Huta
from 1961-67 is now on display in the Picture Gallery

Glimpses of the Mother: Photographs and texts
In the upper corridor

Sri Aurobindo: A life sketch in photographs

In the square hall

Films

Mondays 4pm

March 29: Our Gratitude

A musical offering composed and performed by Ashram students in the Savitri Bhavan Amphitheatre

for the centenary of the first meeting of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1914. Duration: 35min.

April 5: Journey to the Life Divine, Part 1

This feature-film covers the lives of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother from childhood onwards and the

circumstances leading to the founding of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Duration: 100min.

April 12: The significance of 24th April Darshan Day - The Mother's Final Arrival at Pondicherry

Dr Alok Pandey reflects upon Vedanta and Tantra, the best culture of West and East and the unique relationship of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo live. The Shakti comes to the right side and she executes the Divine’s will.

Duration: 37min.

April 19: The Centenary of the Mother's Return to Sri Aurobindo (1920 - 2020)

A documentary slideshow by Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education recounting the Mother's journey

in Her own words from childhood till Her final arrival in Pondicherry.
Duration: 48min.

Full Moon Gathering

Monday, April 26 7-8pm in front of Sri Aurobindo’s statue

Mudra Chi workshop

On first Saturday 3^rd April 5pm

Regular Activities

Sundays 10.30–12 noon: Savitri Study Circle
Mondays, Tuesdays 3-4pm: Psychic Awakening led by Dr. Jai Singh
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays 4-5pm: L’Agenda de Mère: listening to recordings with Gangalakshmi
Wednesdays 9-10am & Saturdays 3-4pm: Introduction to Integral Yoga, led by Ashesh Joshi
Fridays 3-4pm: Reading of the Mother’s Commentaries on the Dhammapada, led by Dr. Jai Singh
Saturdays 4-5.15pm: Satsang, led by Ashesh Joshi

Exhibitions, Main Building and Office are open Monday to Saturday 9-5
Library is open Monday to Friday 9-5
The Digital Library can be accessed on request Monday to Friday 9-4
Everyone is welcome

Vision

The realisation of the Yoga of Knowledge is when one feels that one lives in the wideness of something silent, featureless and universal (called the Self) and all else is seen as only forms and names; the Self is real, nothing else.