The Matrimandir & I : A Web Series

10/08/2025

✨ Matrimandir and I — featuring Puja 🌿
Bathed in golden light, Puja sits in stillness before the heart of Auroville — the Matrimandir.
A moment of quiet connection… where beauty, peace, and purpose meet.

06/08/2025

🌍 How do Aurovilians relate to the Matrimandir?
Is it a temple? A space for meditation? A force for transformation?
For each person, the answer is unique — and yet, deeply connected.

🎥 In this episode of The Matrimandir and I, we continue exploring how this golden sphere at the heart of Auroville becomes a mirror, a guide, a sanctuary for those who walk its path.
Watch now: 👉 https://youtu.be/1ejl1QgScqU?si=sHEM9kcH5fQIDiHt

This series is a human experiment — capturing the voices of those who live and breathe Auroville, and the powerful ways the Matrimandir shapes their spiritual journeys. The dream: to interview every Aurovilian.

🌐 Learn more at: www.matrimandirandi.com

How do Aurovilliens relate to the Matrimandir?

05/08/2025

🌱 The Matrimandir and I — featuring Rakhael 🌞
For Rakhael, the Matrimandir isn’t just a space of inner stillness — it’s part of a living, breathing landscape.
In this moment, he reconnects with the earth and spirit alike — grounding himself in the presence of both tree and temple.

The Matrimandir watches silently, as stories like his continue to unfold in golden light.

🎥 Episode coming soon on Aurora’s Eye Films.

05/08/2025

🏛️ “They’re building a structure that will become a whole city…”
That’s what Suhasini heard as a schoolgirl in the 1970s when her friends returned from a trip to Pondicherry. As someone deeply interested in architecture, the idea captivated her — and eventually led her to Auroville and the Matrimandir.

🎥 Watch Suhasini’s full story:
👉 https://youtu.be/I2wgPPlfP24?si=YC7mufldl-ygQXXR

Decades later, she reflects on how that golden sphere — the soul of the city — has not only inspired her design sensibilities but shaped her life journey.

🌍 The Matrimandir and I is a unique web series — a living documentary exploring how Aurovilians relate to the Matrimandir. It’s a human experiment and a heartfelt call for unity, one story at a time.

🌐 Discover more episodes: www.matrimandirandi.com

this series we interview Aurovilliens about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville. Today it...

04/08/2025

🧘 “I would go to meditate inside the Matrimandir at 4 AM… and sometimes I’d get in trouble for not coming out.”
Meet Andres, who first discovered Auroville on a student visa in 2011. After a few visits, he finally returned as a full-time volunteer in 2015 — and that’s when his real journey began.

In the deep stillness of early mornings, sitting within the Inner Chamber of the Matrimandir, time disappeared. What remained was presence, silence, and a profound connection to the soul of Auroville.

🎥 Watch Andres’s powerful story:
👉 https://youtu.be/nEGKK_M4fpU?si=HxPmWeIq9klsM6wA

✨ The Matrimandir and I is an intimate web series and human experiment, capturing how Aurovilians experience and evolve with the Matrimandir — the golden, beating heart of Auroville. The vision: to interview every Aurovilian and uncover the many unique connections to this sacred space.

🌐 Explore more stories: www.matrimandirandi.com

In this series we interview Aurovilians about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville...

03/08/2025

🚌✨ “I travelled overland from London to India... and lent my hands to build the Matrimandir. Since then, it has been building me.”
Meet Judith, whose journey with the Matrimandir began not in India, but in London in the 1960s, when she first encountered the teachings of Sri Aurobindo. Something resonated deeply.

In 1971, she boarded a bus from London to India — a life-changing pilgrimage that led her to Auroville, and into the heart of its soul: the Matrimandir.

🎥 Watch Judith’s inspiring story here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jJLs8PXhU

🌀 The Matrimandir and I is more than a web series. It is a living archive of personal transformation — a collective story of human unity, anchored around one golden sphere that continues to change lives.

🌐 Explore more stories at: www.matrimandirandi.com

In this series we interview Aurovilliens about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville. Today it is Judith. Judith first heard about Aur...

03/08/2025

🌿 “The birds, the grass, the flowers… everything vibrated with a different energy.”
Meet Tahir, whose very first walk toward the Matrimandir opened him to a presence he couldn’t explain — only feel.

He arrived hoping to change, but what happened was more profound: he was transformed.

🎥 Watch Tahir’s full story here:
👉 https://youtu.be/jlHKrKzz1PY?si=S9-BVL-e9N0dyomz

✨ The Matrimandir and I is a web series and a human experiment — exploring how Aurovilians experience and evolve with the soul of Auroville. Through each story, we see how the Matrimandir is not just a structure, but a living force for inner change.

🌐 Dive deeper into the full series: www.matrimandirandi.com

this series we interview Aurovilliens about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville. Today it...

02/08/2025

🌀 "Even after decades… it still shows me something new."
Meet Kripa, who grew up with the Matrimandir — yet each visit continues to surprise, realign, and transform her.

✨ In this soul-stirring episode of The Matrimandir and I, we dive into her lifelong relationship with the golden heart of Auroville. For Kripa, the Matrimandir isn’t just a place — it’s a mirror, a compass, a silent teacher helping her let go of what no longer serves.

🌍 This web series is a living human experiment — capturing how Aurovilians relate to the soul of their city: the Matrimandir. The dream? To one day interview every citizen.

💫 At the very center of Auroville lies this radiant sphere — not a temple in the traditional sense, but a space of inner stillness. A symbol of the Divine’s answer to humanity’s longing for truth, peace, and unity.

🕊️ Auroville was founded for one purpose: to realise human unity — beyond borders, beliefs, and barriers.

🎥 Tune in. Reflect. Reconnect.

02/08/2025

🏗️ “I arrived just after the Mother had left her body — and the first place I went was the Matrimandir construction site.”
Meet B, who came to Auroville in 1974, in the wake of a profound transition. Drawn immediately to the Matrimandir site, he became part of something bigger than a building — a movement, a meditation, a mystery unfolding.

🎥 Watch his story here:
👉 https://youtu.be/Zi79DOtpxw8?si=5PRksx_GR4I3wTF0

From the early days of dusty scaffolding to the golden sphere we see today, B’s life has been intertwined with the Matrimandir’s evolution — both physically and spiritually.

🌀 The Matrimandir and I is a human experiment — a growing documentary series sharing deeply personal stories of Aurovilians and their connection to the soul of Auroville. The dream? To interview every single Aurovilian.

🌐 Discover the full project: www.matrimandirandi.com

this series we interview Aurovilliens about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville. Today it...

01/08/2025

🌺 “The Matrimandir isn’t just a space — it’s a presence, a rhythm, a guide.”
Today we meet Divya, a quiet yet powerful voice among the Aurovilians. Her connection with the Matrimandir goes beyond words — it lives in silence, in being, in belonging.

🎥 Watch her story unfold:
👉 https://youtu.be/bpyb0BWnosI?si=JR24gibHFHALCJLG

Each story in The Matrimandir and I web series is a window into the soul of Auroville — a human experiment revealing how individuals from around the world relate to this sacred space. Divya’s episode is a gentle reminder that the most profound experiences often speak in silence.

🌐 Discover more at: www.matrimandirandi.com

In this series we interview Aurovilians about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville. Today it is Divya. This Web series is a human exp...

01/08/2025

🌕 The Matrimandir and I — featuring Ann ✨
With fingers in the golden Urn, she touches time itself.
A prayer… a memory… a whisper to the soul of Auroville.
Beneath the gaze of the golden sphere, silence speaks.
This is not just a place — it is a force, a presence, a call inward.

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31/07/2025

🥤➡️🌸 From the boardroom to the Banyan Tree...
Meet Margarita, once the Chief Operations Officer at Coca-Cola, whose life took a radical turn during a holiday to India in 1997.

She planned to stay in Auroville for just six months. But a profound experience at the Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo — followed by an unforgettable silence in the Inner Chamber of the Matrimandir — changed everything.

🎥 Watch her remarkable transformation here:
👉 https://youtu.be/fTsbJK4wX1g?si=hvqZ61N1V7CsjVTi

Now, decades later, Margarita remains in Auroville — living proof of how the Matrimandir continues to quietly call people home.

✨ The Matrimandir and I is a web series — a human experiment exploring how Aurovilians connect with the soul of their city. Each story is a testament to inner transformation, unity, and conscious living.

🌐 Watch more episodes: www.matrimandirandi.com

this series we interview Aurovillians about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir ...