YOGA & MEDITATION IN PONDICHERRY - PAGE 1

Pondicherry or Pondy, as it is fondly called is a unique place in the tourism map of India. This is because of the blend of spiritual aura, French colonial heritage mixed with Tamil culture and the cosmopolitan flair of many nationalities in this small town at the seaside. Pondicherry is famous in the world for its French colonial heritage and the famous Sri Aurobindo Ashram. The colonial buidings here dates back to the 18th centuary. There are two parts of the town. The oldest part of the town flanks the seashore boulevard and has the French Colonial buildings, straight clean streets, private homes with cool courtyards sorrounded by walls and also the sprawling Sri Aurobindo Ashram. The parallel other part of the town has the colonies having Tamil influence.

The quite and peaceful beaches with beach resorts and the blend of spiritualism has made Pondicherry a place of prime attraction to the tourists. The ambience created by this can not be experienced anywhere else.

This is not the only place of interest in Pondicherry as it has its own special attractions to offer. Pondicherry can be centred to take a visit to the holy temple towns of Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai and Chidambaram, the heritage sculptures and magnificent rock temples of Mamallapuram. Auroville, the international city of Unity is situated in the outskirts of the Pody town and its worth experiencing.

Yoga and meditation at Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a famous as the seat of Yoga and Meditation as Rishi Aurobindo established his Ashram here in 1926. There is a slight difference in the approach of Yoga propounded by Rishi Aurobindo here in Pondicherry. It is not a one way traffic as its aim is not only to rise out of the ordinary consciousness into the divine consciousness, but to bring that divine consciousness down to the ignorance of mind, life and body to manifest the divine here. Thus there is marked difference between the Ashram that grew here and the other Ashrams.

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