Matrimandir Gardens

On the Matrimandir Peace area - 2003

Introduction

This presentation is for Auroville's internal use, and particularly for those who feel concerned with finding the right directions for the completion of the Matrimandir/Peace area. It is often argued that it is pointless to refer to the earliest descriptions the Mother made of this, the central part of Auroville, since Her vision of it has obviously undergone a number of changes which have also been recorded, over the period of its conception, which extended from 1965 to 1973. It is further argued that, in Her work of calling the right forms for Her new creation, the Mother has been most flexible, Her intent being on the actual realization of a progressive human unity more than on the application of a limited concept. However it is also equally clear that the Mother had wanted this central part to stand as a living symbol of a completeness, and all-inclusive "Mandala" or "Yantra" to channel the manifestation of the Mahashakti - of "The Universal Mother according to Sri Aurobindo's teachings". A living symbol : all along the Mother has very clearly indicated Her wish for the expressed complementarity of Matter, Nature and Humanity. She has repeatedly stressed the importance of the presence of Nature, its offering of beauty, as an environment for Her Pavilion of Truth and Love, which She later named Matrimandir.