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A virtual museum on Sri Aurobindo was unveiled at the India Space in Bharat Nivas, Auroville, on 4 September 2026.
It is a joint initiative of the Auroville Foundation, the Government of Puducherry and the Union Ministry of Culture, executed by the Central Public Works Department.
The museum uses digital touchpoints and interactive learning interfaces to present Sri Aurobindo's life, integral yoga, literature and legacy.
The exhibition includes an olfactory installation carrying the aromas of 12 flowers of spiritual significance in the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Auroville is an international township in Puducherry founded in 1968 and administered by the Auroville Foundation under the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988.
Central legislation that vested Auroville's assets in a statutory Auroville Foundation and placed the township's administration under it. The Foundation works under the Union Ministry of Education, and its Secretary is the executive head.
Statutory body created by the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988 to administer the township of Auroville and hold its assets.
Union ministry for heritage, museums, archaeology and cultural institutions; a partner in the virtual museum project.
The Union Government's central engineering and construction organisation; executed the virtual museum project.
Auroville is an international township near Puducherry on the Coromandel Coast, spread across the Puducherry union territory and adjoining Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. Its centre is the Matrimandir; Bharat Nivas, the Pavilion of India, sits in the International Zone.
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Sri Aurobindo's spiritual system aiming at the transformation of human consciousness rather than withdrawal from the world.
Mirra Alfassa, spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and the figure behind the founding of Auroville.
The Pavilion of India in Auroville's International Zone, where the virtual museum's India Space is located.