The inauguration ceremony of Auroville took place on February 28th, 1968, at the centre of the future town. It was attended by more than 5,000 persons
The ceremony began with a Welcome message by The Mother. The Mother also read out the Auroville Charter in French. She was present in her room at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry and Her voice was broadcast to Auroville by All India radio.
The Auroville Charter was then read out in 16 languages. During the reading, representatives from 24 Indian States / UTs and 124 countries placed a handful of soil from their home lands in a marble-clad urn near the centre of Auroville.
Welcome Message
Welcome Message in French by The Mother at the Auroville inauguration ceremony
Welcome Message by The Mother at the Auroville inauguration ceremony
Are invited to Auroville all those who thirst for progress and aspire to a higher and truer life.
The Mother
The Mother reads the Auroville Charter
The Auroville Charter in The Mother's handwriting
- Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But, to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.
- Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.
- Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realisations.
- Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual human unity.
The Mother
Reading of the Auroville Charter
Tamil | Sanskrit | English | Arabic | Chinese | Dutch | German | Greek | Hebrew | Italian | Japanese | Norwegian | Russian | Spanish | Swedish | Tibetan
The Auroville Charter in Tamil
- ஆரோவில் குறிப்பிட்ட எவருக்கும் சொந்தமானது அல்ல. ஆரோவில் மனித இனம் முழுவதற்கும் சொந்தமானது ஆகும். ஆனால், ஆரோவில்லில் வசிக்க வேண்டும் என்று ஒருவர் விரும்பினால், அவர் தெய்வீக உணர்விற்கு விருப்பத்துடன் தொண்டு செய்பவராக இருக்கவேண்டும்.
- ஆரோவில் முடிவுறாத கல்வி, இடையறாத முன்னேற்றம், மூப்புறாத இளமை ஆகியவற்றின் இருப்பிடமாக விளங்கும்.
- ஆரோவில் சென்ற காலத்திற்கும், வருங்காலத்திற்கும் இடையே ஒரு பாலமாக இருக்க விழைகிறது. புற உலக, அக உலகக் கண்டுபிடிப்புகள் அனைத்தையும் பயன்படுத்தியபடி ஆரோவில்லானது துணிவுடன் எதிர்கால நன்முடிவுகளை நோக்கித் துடிப்புடன் முகிழ்த்து எழும்.
- ஆரோவில் மனிதகுல ஒருமைபாட்டிற்கு ஓர் உருவம் கொடுப்பதற்கான உலகியல் மற்றும் ஆன்மிக ஆராய்ச்சிகளுக்குரிய நிலையமாக விளங்கும்.
Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa
The Auroville Charter in Sanskrit
Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Laccadives, Madhya Pradesh, Madras.
The Auroville Charter in English
- Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But, to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.
- Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.
- Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realisations.
- Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual human unity.
Maharashtra, Manipur, Mysore, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.
The Auroville Charter in Arabic
V. Ramachendra
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia.
The Auroville Charter in Chinese
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, China, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Rep.
Handvest van Auroville (Dutch)
Wil van Liet
- Auroville behoort aan niemand in het bijzonder. Auroville behoort aan de mensheid in haar geheel. Maar om in Auroville te wonen moet men vrijwillig dienstbaar willen zijn aan het Goddelijk Bewustzijn.
- Auroville zal de plaats zijn van een nooit eindigende leerschool, van een voortdurende vooruitgang en van een jeugd die nooit zal verouderen.
- Auroville wil de brug zijn tussen het verleden en de toekomst. Gebruik makend van alle ontdekkingen omtrent het uiterlijke en het innerlijke, wil zij de stoutmoedige sprong wagen naar de toekomstige verwezenlijking.
- Auroville zal de plaats zijn van onderzoek op materieel en spiritueel gebied ten einde een levende gestalte te geven aan een concrete Eenheid van de Mensheid.
Ceylon, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Congo (Kinshasa), Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus
The Auroville Charter in German
Theodora Karnash
Czechoslovakia, Dahomey (Now Benin), Denmark, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland.
The Auroville Charter in Greek
Richard Rigos
France, Gabon, Germany (West), Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras.
The Auroville Charter in Hebrew
Dr. Max Stryer
Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast.
Carta di Auroville (Italian)
Alberto Grassi (Nata)
- Auroville non e la proprieta privata, ma appartiene all umanita. Per vivere in Auroville si deve essere il servitore volontario della coscienza divina.
- Auroville saca luogo di educazione continue, di progresso continue e di giovinezza senza declinio.
- Auroville vuel essere il ponte fra il passato e l’avenire Approfittando delle scoperte ineriori ed esteriori, vuele arditamente slanciazsi verso realizaazioni future.
- Auroville sara il luogo di ricerche materiali e spirituali per date un corpo vivante ad una unita umana effectiva.
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia.
オーロビル憲章 (Japanese) - 昭和四十三年二月二十八日
Omkardas (Kobayashi)
- オーロビル市は特に何人にも属するものではない。オーロビル市は人類全体に所属する。しかしこの市に住むものは「神聖なるものの意識」に対する心からの奉仕者であらねばならない。
- オーロビル市は尽きることのない教育と絶えまない進展の場であり、不老の若人の都市である。
- オーロビル市は過去と未来との橋渡しとなるべきである。物心両面にわたる発見と創見とを活用しつつオーロビル市は未来への理想実現に向かって大胆に飛躍するであろう。
- オーロビル市は真の人類和合の生きた具体化のために物質的研究と精神的探究との場所となるであろう。
Libya, Luxembourg, Malagasy (now Madagascar), Malta, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania.
The Auroville Charter in Norwegian
Else Heen
Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Rep. of Niger, Feder. of Nigeria.
The Auroville Charter in Russian
Svetlana Pitoeff Alward
- Ауровиль не принадлежит ни одному человеку. Ауровиль принадлежит человечеству в целом. Но чтобы жить в Ауровиле, нужно быть добровольным слугой Божественного Сознания.
- Ауровиль будет местом нескончаемого образования, постоянного прогресса и юности, которая никогда не стареет.
- Ауровиль должен быть мостом между прошлым и будущим. Получая преимущества всех открытий извне и изнутри, Ауровиль будет храбро бросаться к будущим реализациям.
- Ауровиль будет местом материальных и духовных исследований для живого воплощения подлинного Человеческого Единства.
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar.
Declaración de Auroville (Spanish)
Maggi Lidchi-Grassi
- Auroville no pertenece a pedir en particular. Auroville pertenece a la humanidad toda. Para poder habitar Auroville, Hay que ser el servidor voluntario de la consciencia divina.
- Auroville será el lugar de la educación continua, del progreso constante y de una juventud que no envejece.
- Auroville quiere ser el puerta entre el pasado y el porvenir. Aprovechado de todos los desabrimientos externos e internos, quiere proyectare andagmente haiia las realizaciones futuras.
- Auroville será el lugar de las investigaciones materiales y espirituales a fines de octongar un cuerpo viviente a una unidad humana efectiva.
Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe), Rumania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sikkim, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Yemen, Spain, Sudan.
The Auroville Charter in Swedish
Charlotte Neogy (Shyama)
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tibet (in China), Uganda.
The Auroville Charter in Tibetan
Katak Tulku L.T.N.
Canada (Quebec), USSR, United Arab Republic (now Egypt), United Kindom, USA, Upper Volta (Now Burkina Faso), Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam (South), Yugoslavia, Zambia.
Photographs
Placing the soil in the Urn
The Auroville Charter written by the Mother & the soil of the Samadhi being taken to the Urn by Kiran & Vijay Poddar
24 States / U.T. of India
Niladri Banerjee, Kusum Barai
M. Sesha Sai, Harini Gopal
Dilip Agarwal °, Karuna Mukherj
Somen Biswas, Bandana Maitra
Hemant Dayal, Pushpa Sinha
Rajender Mohan Singh, Pimmy Ahluwalia
C.S. Suryanarayanan, Avaninder Grewal
Rajendra Tamba, Judith de Souza
Makwana Valjibhai Bhikabhai, Parajia Khajendrika Shantilal
Upendra Ratra, Rita Sardana
Vijay Sharma, Maria Jain°
Rafiq Ahmed Bazaz, Anita Samyal
Vinod Das, Shabha Das
K.M. Kunhiseedikoya (M 15), K.K. Hajrommabi F 14, K.M. Manu (escort)
Pratap Reddy, Kiran Mehta
R. Kuppuswamy, R. Chitralekha
Maraban Patrawala, Nakadi
Pratik Ghose°, Tripti Das
I. Sreekant, Uma Ratna
Subhranshu Mishra, Meera Singh
R. Selvaraj, Nirmala N.
Anand Arya, Gulshan Sippy
Navin Poddar, Manju Jhunjhunwala
Diwakar Kamboj
124 countries
Representatives placing soil in the Urn
Albania
Debrata Haldar*
Chhanda Mukkerjee*
[2]
Algeria
Abijit Gupta*
Gauri Gupta*
[3]
Argentina
Cristobal M. Kirton (male, 22)
Sunita Mahatta*
[4]
Australia
Ross Conabere (male, 23)
Niranjana Arya*
[5]
Bolivia
Vivek Rane*
Vinay Sharan*
[9]
Brazil
Laxman Mahtani*
Maria Lucia Carrera (female, 19)
[10]
Bulgaria
Mihail Dimitrov (male, 20)
Sangeeta Chowdhury*
[11]
Burundi
Debdas Chatterjee*
Smita Mehta*
[13]
Central African Rep.
Purushottam*
Dipali Chakravarty*
[19]
Chad
Nityaprakash Khare*
Lavanya Reddy*
[21]
Chile
Ratan Ghose*
Indu Rai*
[22]
Kuwait
Bader Abughosh (male, 16)
Basil Abughosh (male, 17)
[61]
Liberia
Anand Reddy*
Ruby Roy*
[64]
Union of the Socialist Sovietic Republics (USSR)
Sergey Mirakyan (male, 10)
Alla Didenka (female, 10)
[115]
United States of America
John A. Ware (male, 19)
Jeannie Ernst (female, 19)
Louise Owens (female, 23)
[118]