"Chakravyuha" A theatre production based on the ancient epic Mahabharata.Cast: Otto,Nico,Fredrick,Akshay,Aswin.E,Padmanabhan,Suresh,Aswin.C,Vinay,Swar,Suhasini ,Ashok,Sudhir, Partha,Mohanam Boys and Udavi school students!Live music: Mohanam Cultural CentreSets and prop: SrishtiCostume: UpasanaLight and Sound: Jean and Joel team!Choreography: KanchanaProduction manager: SmithiDirected by: ParthaBharat Nivas Auditorium, Auroville. March 20, 2010
Sampradayam is a salute in Bharata Natyam by choreographer Mallika Sarabhai. Bhajans have always been a mainstay of devotional music in Hinduism and the rousing passion of voices accompanied by nothing but cymbals has made centuries of minds soar. Over the last couple of decades however bhajans have been influenced by other music traditions like Bollywood and gazals, light classical music and western instruments. In a move to counter this and find the real community flavour of bhajans, there i...
Children of all ages dance, dance, dance in Auroville's amphitheatre, under the Urn, in front of the Matrimandir.Wednesday the 24th of February 2010. This is the last dance piece with music composed by Danny Becher. Dancers are Savitri , Tera, Grace, Drupad and Srimoyi with children; Atma, Aloe, Aiyana, Mahana, Marissa, Jangchoup, Gauri, Luna, Leni, Leela,Chandana, Pooja,Daniel, Heoun,Auroshree, Jaya, Yaroslava, Anna, Uthera,Sandhia,Satyamayi, Sagarika, Sarah, Zea...
A short delightful performance by young students Devasmita & Madhumita Patnaik, in the new Auditorium "under the stars" of Savitri Bhavan, in Auroville. Please forgive the quality, as it was recorded with the video option of a Casio photo camera.
On February 28, 2010, for the 42nd anniversary from the foundation of Auroville, the traditional dawnfire (bonfire at dawn) in the amphitheatre, in front of the Urn containing soil from the founding nations, the gathering of Aurovilians, newcomers, guests and visitors. The rising of the sun shows a great mandala of flowers and plants representing the galaxy form of Auroville, while listening to the Auroville Charter.
As every year, Aurovilians gathered in the Amphitheatre at down for a collective meditation, in honor and memory of The Mother, the founder of Auroville.This year it was a quite "minimalistic" event, fully silent, only birds chirping in the background.
Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, B.N., Wednesday February 10th, 8.00 pmOnce again Ramli Ibrahim is here, all time favourite for Aurovilians.
The Gayatri mantra is one of the oldest and most powerful of Sanskrit mantras. It is believed that chanting it can bring happiness in life. Nadaka and Gopika are chanting it in the Tibetan Pavilion of Auroville, on February 14, 2010. The Gayatri Mantra consists of twenty-four syllables - three lines of eight syllables each. The first line (Aum Bhur Bhuvah Swah) is considered an invocation, and is not technically a part of the original Gayatri Mantra as it appears in the Upanishads. Gayatri is ...
In the Tibetan Pavilion of Auroville, February 14 2010, a Tibetan Buddhist monk interprets a typical prayer, from Buddha times.
For "One-Asia" 2010, in the Tibetan Pavilion of Auroville, a Chinese harp concert, performed by Master Wang Tai-Qin from Taiwan. Nell'àmbito della rassegna "Una'Asia" 2010, un concerto di Arpa Cinese, eseguito dalla Maestra Tai-Qin di Taiwan. February 14, 2010.