Huta's letter to The Mother in 1965 inspired the creation of Matrimandir; it was to Huta that The Mother first explained Her concept of Auroville's town-plan.
The Mother : Contact Auroville
Huta had a strong connection with Auroville – a letter of hers to the Mother in 1965 inspired the creation of Matrimandir, the Mother’s Shrine; and it was to Huta that the Mother first explained, with sketches, her concept for the town-plan of Auroville. In 1966 Huta produced the painting which the Mother named ‘The Spirit of Auroville.’ All this is told in her books 'Matrimandir the Mother’s Truth and Love' and 'The Spirit of Auroville'.
THEME/S
AUROVILLE
28.2.74
In addition to the earlier announcement dated 21.2.74, there will be the following:-
8.30 a.m.—Planting of creepers around the Matrimandir Garden's Model Dome in the Matrimandir Gardens.
9.00 a.m.—At Bharat Nivas:-start of 4 State Pavilions construction work by Auroville.
9.30 a.m.—"POUR TOUS" at Aspiration will open.
25.2.74
Shyamsunde
Nolini-da gave me two blessing packets for the occasion. The photograph of the Mother's feet was on each of them. Along with the packets I sent a note to Shyamsunder conveying Nolinida's full approval of the names for the Banyan Tree and the Amphitheatre. On that day one blessing packet was placed under the Banyan tree and the other near the urn. And new names were given to these places: `Eternal Bliss' to the area holding the Amphitheatre, and 'The Inner Life' to the Banyan tree. Nolini-da and Shyamsunder had approved of these names. Here they are written in the Mother's own hand:
I thought these Names: "Eternal Bliss" and "Inner Life" could be engraved on white marble slabs and placed in their proper places.
During this time I received a letter from Shyamsunder:
Dear Huta,
We will try our best for everything and I do not know why the Truth will not prevail.
Unfortunately the Truth did not prevail!
The Mother wanted Matrimandir, the "Sanctuary of Truth", to be a "silent zone". Nothing should disturb the serenity, harmony and peace.
The Amphitheatre was not the Mother's idea or wish. When I asked her about it she made a face and shrugged her shoulders!
A very significant point is that the Amphitheatre gives the impression of old Roman and Greek architecture and culture, which is old and belongs to the past.
The Matrimandir is not just another Roman, Greek or Indian temple. It is the Centre of the Truth-Consciousness, Force and Light.
The Mother always emphasised the New World, the New Creation. Certainly these ancient things are not in keeping with the Mother's "Dream" for the Luminous Future.
Sri Aurobindo has written:
The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the Spirit.
Sri Aurobindo, The Human Cycle: The Spiritual Aim and Life
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