It was set up in 1926 by Sri Aurobindo Ghose. The main ashram building also houses the mortal remains of Aurobindo and his chief disciple, the Mother. The ashram is open daily between 8 AM-12 PM ...

She would come to be known as the Mother, Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator and the guiding force behind his ashram in Pondicherry. Born into a family of well-to-do Ottoman Jews, Mirra’s early ...