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S. Ramalingam Ramalingam, a man of humble background and a pure vision to make the world a better place, was born and brought up in Pondicherry. He came to Auroville in 1984 while participating in physical education activities, and that is when he got a chance to get involved with the vision of Auroville- a universal city in the making in South India, dedicated to the ideal of human unity based on the vision of Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) and The Mother (Mira Alfassa). Ramalingam was living on a beach in the Gokulam community (of Auroville) when the 2004 [...]

Buddha Garden in Auroville is a community farm in the true sense. The off-the-grid farm was started in 2000 by Priya Vincent in what was to become the vegetable garden of Siddhartha Farm. Over the past two decades, it has gone on to become an independent farm growing a wide range of organic food for Auroville.  When EatLocal visited the farm, we were thrilled to see that beyond the vision to produce healthy food for Auroville in a way that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, the farm’s focus area has shifted to knowledge sharing and experiential learning. As part of [...]