Fraternity

Founded in 1972

In late January 1971, the Mother considered a proposal submitted by Sham Sundar to develop a training and production center for handicrafts near Kuilapalayam village, written by Palit (a retired businessman from Bengal) and Sally and Bryan Walton (both from the U.S.).

"The Villagers are the First Aurovilians. . ."

The Mother

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With the Mother’s blessings, the project began immediately on 2-2-1972. It was agreed that the three of them would jointly finance it. The Mother wanted the ideal of fraternity to mean a more fraternal relationship with the local Tamil village population, "the first Aurovilians," as She said.

Over the course of several decades, Fraternity developed both as a residential community and as a business hub which is named Aurelec, and which continues to function today.

There are about 54 residents currently living in Fraternity houses.

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See Also

ARATI 1 & 2

The History and Structure of the Housing Complex

The Arati project was initially conceived and constructed by German architect Helmut Schmid. He chose the name “Arati” because it is mentioned by Sri Aurobindo in his works
Spirit of VIKAS

Holistic Development in line with Auroville's ideals

The first residential development in Auroville to use stabilised earth right from foundation to the roof
Sincerity Community

A Historical Sketch by Divakar

We do not have much on record as to the birth and growth of the community named “Sincerity”, but above is the copy of the message where Mother wrote its name in response to a request written to Her by Gene Maslow, in January 1969. He had first asked permission to build and, when it was ready, asked for a name for the place.

Fraternity

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ARATI 1 & 2

Spirit of VIKAS

Sincerity Community

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Community

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