Aurienne

Child of Auroville

Aurienne was born in Auroville on December 29, 1971 and was given her name by The Mother. She lived with her family, her mother Myrtle, father Kenneth and sister Durgaura, in Certitude. Myrtle and Kenneth had moved to India and the Ashram in 1965 and were early Auroville pioneers.

Aurienne was very dedicated and began to volunteer in the kindergarten at the age of 15. She began her own home studies at this same time to complete her high school education, with the goal of attending university in the USA. She left Auroville in 1988 at age sixteen, and obtained her bachelor’s degree in English at the young age of 19. Her dream was to return to Auroville, but life circumstances came in the way. In 1998 she began a new chapter: being a mother to her son Kanyen.

Aurienne lived her life with the true resilience of a child of Auroville. Regardless of the housing, work or financial challenges she faced, she was a fighter and found solutions and continued to create a happy and loving home.