{"id":1121,"date":"2017-02-07T07:27:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T07:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vserver3.auroville.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2020-11-17T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T03:46:32","slug":"a-brief-history-of-the-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventure.auroville.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/07\/a-brief-history-of-the-early-days\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History Of The Early Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mother already had a vision for a universal township in the 1930s. In the 1960s it came to her to manifest the project. She gave her blessings for the City of Dawn and the idea started to take shape in reality. After the concept was passed by UNESCO, who gave their full support to this project they deemed \u2018of importance to the future of humanity\u2019, Auroville was officially started on the 28th of February in 1968.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the inauguration ceremony, which was attended by people from 124 nations, the real work began to build the universal township.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facing a barren plateau with only red soil, no trees, and no shade in sight, the first need for Aurovilians was to put their energy into reforestation. While experimenting with different types of trees and planting techniques a forest slowly came up, bringing shade and cooler air. A big effort was made to keep all the rainwater from running off into the ocean, taking the precious topsoil with it \u2013 this \u2018bunding\u2019 work was incredibly important for whole area and led to a rising water table.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important work was building the Matrimandir, the Soul of Auroville. With little funding, a huge workload and many heads with different ideas, it took 38 years for the Matrimandir to reach its completion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n