Srini Ramakrishnan [29/10/08 21:33 -0700]:
I don't think it as anything like that. The Aurobindo Ashram within the precincts of Auroville has the golden ball and other ashramesque trappings. That does not make the rest of the place an ashram. In any case, that's just my view, believe what you will...
Having been there multiple times (my wife and her family are devotees) I know what you're saying, and kind of agree .. but the bad roads leading there kind of cancel out the fun from authentic croissants and other french breakfast cuisine you can get if you know where to go. And besides auroville etc there really isnt much to do or see there.. we might as well pile into udhay's apartment, all of us, if all we want to do is to see each other and talk.
