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

August 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

In this month we present recordings of some of the Dr. M.V. Nadkarni Memorial Lectures given at Savitri Bhavan.

The late Dr. M.V. Nadkarni was a great Savitri-lover, scholar, teacher, devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and opened doors to Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri for thousands of people. These videos can also be accessed on the Savitri Bhavan website.

August 2: SAVITRI – The Way of Love

The first Dr. M.V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture was given by Narad (Richard Eggenberger). Duration: 64min.

August 9: The Rainbow Bridge – Sri Aurobindo’s SAVITRI as a mantra for transformation by Sonja Dyne Duration: 73min.

August 16: Journey of Love - The third Dr. M.V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture was given

by Dr. Alok Pandey. Duration: 77min.

August 23: Love – The Truth that Saves was by Dr. Larry Seidlitz. Duration: 54min.

August 30: Surrender in Savitri: Jamshed Mavalwalla speaks about the subject

Surrender in Savitri and correlates the passages from Savitri. Duration: 63min.

Special Film on Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday
at 4pm and 4:45pm

15 August: The Yoga of the Earth

The sensitive and meditative film is a new version of ‘About Savitri’ from Book 1, Canto 1, The Symbol Dawn of the poem Savitri in which the Mother shares her unique insights into the past and future of our planet. Duration: 32min.