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Mid-range · ₹₹ (B–C comfort)
Sharnga Guest House
Pool, yoga hall and birdsong in a residential green zone
Tamil Nadu · South India
Auroville
👥 3,527 residents🌍 60 nationalities🗓️ 1968 founded
A living experiment in conscious community near Puducherry, born of one ideal: human unity beyond nation and creed. At its heart, the golden Matrimandir and forests grown from bare red earth: one of the world's most unusual towns.
Stays
Where to stay in Auroville
5 hand-picked stays from budget to luxury, the author's picks first.
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Special stays · ₹₹–₹₹₹ (good comfort, AC)
Gaia's Garden Guest House
Lotus ponds and exotic gardens, an aesthete's eco-stay
Luxury · ₹₹₹ (4-star resort rates)
Mango Hill Auroville Pondicherry
French-touch eco-resort with pool and Ayurvedic spa
Special stays · ₹₹ (from approx ₹2000/night)
Sun Farm House
Serene farm stay near Pitchandikulam Forest with a pool
Special stays · ₹₹–₹₹₹ (reasonably priced upper tier)
The Annex, Isai Ambalam Guest House
Earthy, classy B&B-style stay in a garden setting
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What to see 16
MatrimandirThe heart of AurovilleDetails →
Savitri BhavanThe calmest room in the township, and the one that explains what it all rests onDetails →
Auroville Earth InstituteDomes and vaults built out of soil, standing over your head as the argumentDetails →
SVARAM Sound GardenFew visitors think to book it: an hour with your hands on the instruments, and nobody minds the resultDetails →
Auroville Visitor CentreDetails →
Sadhana ForestDetails →
Auroville Botanical GardensA near-vanished forest rebuilt species by species - book ahead and it is nearly yoursDetails →
Pitchandikulam ForestDense forest that simply did not exist fifty years ago - open to anyone who asks firstDetails →
Auroville Bamboo CentreBamboo taken seriously as structure and design, in the hands of the neighbouring villagesDetails →
KalkiMaroma incense and Auroville textiles in one room, without hunting down each unitDetails →
Upasana Design StudioHandloom Indian textiles cut for now, at the studio that designs and makes themDetails →
WellPaperNewsprint coiled into something you would actually keep, by the women who trained each otherDetails →
Bharat Nivas (Pavilion of India)Worth timing to a concert or an exhibition - this is the township's cultural stage
Mohanam Village Heritage CentreThe Tamil culture that was here first, kept up by the villages next door
Pavilion of Tibetan CultureA working Tibetan cultural house on a path most visitors walk straight past
Repos Beach (Auroville Beach)Sunrise straight off the water, minutes from the township and mercifully undeveloped
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