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The traditional dawnfire (fire at dawn) during a collective meditation at sunrise in Auroville's amphitheatre, for celebrating Sri Aurobindo's birth date on August 15, which is also the celebration date of India's independence. Aurovilian and friends participate in this gathering, enriched also by flower decorations which are prepared also collectively in the previous afternoon, and change every year.

Centenary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo's Arrival in Pondicherry, (April 4, 2010) A National Seminar Organised by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR), Puducherry SRI AUROBINDO'S CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL CULTURE March 27-29, 2010

Centenary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo's Arrival in Pondicherry, (April 4, 2010) A National Seminar Organised by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR), Puducherry SRI AUROBINDO'S CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL CULTURE March 27-29, 2010 Discussion Panel I: Future of Science Chairperson: Binu Mukherjee Sraddhalu Ranade, Binu Mukherjee, Toby Discussion Questions: 1. What is Sri Aurobindo's vision for the future of science in general? 2. What is the extent and nature of the usefulness of science in the discovery of the higher levels of consciousness?

The 2nd Auroville Film Festival is coming up, September 29th to October 3rd, 2011. Here is a quick and dirty trailer by brainfever for it.

One Shot Film. Directed By Ashwin What could go wrong when all seems to be going good? Interesting one shot movie with good music background.

For the Tamil New year "Puthandu", celebrations in Auroville include a Cultural program with different types of dances, performed by young, talented students of schools of the Auroville area. This Odissi Dance is performed by a group of Udavi School students, trained and prepared by Kanchana.

For the Tamil New year "Puthandu", celebrations in Auroville include a Cultural program with different types of dances, performed by young, talented students of schools of the Auroville area. Here you can enjoy a Classical fusion dance by Caveri young students from Deepanam School, Auroville, and a Cini classical stick dance by Aurohasdwani Arts Center students.

Another dance performance for the Tamil New Year by students of an Auroville school. Karagattam, one of the oldest versions of folk dance in Tamil Nadu, defines the quintessential art of praising the Goddesses with fine balancing of decorated pots. Performed to please the rain and river deities, the dance form is aesthetically tuned by musical instruments and songs. With decorated pots filled with water on their head, the Karagattam dancers move with the rhythm of the music. The uniqueness of this dance form lies in the dexterous handling of pots by the dancers.

Almost a hundred kids have been preparing since weeks to be ready for the show on Tamil New Year evening celebration,Thursday 14th of April 2011, at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of Indian Culture. Nine groups of children presented eleven performances to welcome the coming Tamil "Kara" year. Two devotional songs were song by children from Meera women's group and a live music was prepared by Balu for devotional purposes of the Mother to end the evening. From the backstage, few minutes before starting, performers are giving a glimpse of their presentation for this very special show. Read more

One of numerous concerts of excllent Auroville jazz musicians in 2007 - Matthew Littlewood, Holger Jetter, Mishko M'Ba, Suresh Bascara, with the guest on piano Steve Rudolph.