Aurobindo Ashram
 

 
 

The conditions of basic material security that the Ashram, as it took shape, provided to an ever increasing number of disciples, permitted their spiritual lives to unfold in the light of Sri Aurobindo and under the Mother's constant daily care.  

In the half-century since its founding the Sri Aurobindo Ashram has grown from an informal grouping of two dozen sadhaks into a diversified spiritual community with 1,500 members. There is, besides, a significant number of non-members living in Pondicherry who take part in the Ashram's life. All regions of India, and many countries of Asia, Europe and America are represented. Members are of both sexes and of all ages. No distinctions of creed, caste or national origin are observed.  

Once confined to a few buildings in one corner of Pondicherry, the Ashram's growth has caused it to expand physically in all directions. Today Ashramites live and work in more than 400 buildings spread throughout the town. The central focus of the community is one group of houses including those in which Sri Aurobindo and the Mother dwelt for most of their lives in Pondicherry. This interconnected block of houses—called "the Ashram main-building", or more usually just "the Ashram"—surrounds a tree-shaded court-yard, at the centre of which lies the flower-covered "Samadhi". This white marble shrine holds, in two separate chambers, the mortal remains of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

From the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Web site
http://intyoga.online.fr/ashram.htm