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

November 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 Square Hall

Sri Aurobindo: A life sketch in photographs
In the upper corridor

Films

Mondays 4 pm

We continue the series on Meditations on Savitri with meditative films of passages from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem SAVITRI – A Legend and a Symbol, read by the Mother, accompanied by Her own organ music and illustrated with paintings by Huta under the guidance and inspiration of the Mother.

And before Mother’s Mahasamadhi Day on 17th November we are showing a film about Mother’s life and work.

November 1: Meditations on Savitri, Book 1 – The Book of Beginnings, Canto 4: The Secret Knowledge, Part 2

The whole world is the playground of the One Supreme and his Conscious-Force, the Divine Mother. Duration: 32min.

November 8: Meditations on Savitri, Book 1 – The Book of Beginnings, Canto 5: The Yoga of the King:

The Yoga of the Spirit’s Freedom and Greatness - In this meditative film we get to know about the Creation as a golden ladder linking the highest levels of Spirit and the lowest levels of Matter. Duration: 23min.

November 15: The One Whom We Adore as The Mother An audio-visual presentation by the Sri Aurobindo Archives on The Mother's life from childhood onwards,

her trainings, her meeting with Sri Aurobindo and the creation of the Ashram and Auroville. Duration: 63min.

November 22: Meditations on Savitri, Book 2 – The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds, Canto 1- 4:

The World Stair, The Kingdom of Subtle Matter, The Glory and the Fall of Life and The Kingdoms of the Little Life. Duration: 40min.

November 29: Meditations on Savitri, Book 2 – The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds, Cantos 5 & 6:

The Godheads of the Little Life and The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater Life. Duration: 33min.

Full Moon Gathering

Thursday, November 20, 7.15-8.15pm in front of Sri Aurobindo’s statue

Regular Activities

Sundays 10.30–12 noon: Savitri Study Circle

Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays 4-5pm: L’Agenda de Mère: listening to recordings with Gangalakshmi

Saturdays 4-5.15pm: Satsang, led by Ashesh Joshi

Saturdays 4-5pm: Mudra-Chi, led by Anandi

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.