Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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| Formation | 24 November 1926 |
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| Founder | Sri Aurobindo |
| Type | Spiritual community |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Religious Studies, meditation |
| Headquarters | Pondicherry, India (No Branches) |
| Coordinates | 11°56′12″N 79°50′03″E / 11.936708°N 79.834039°E |
Main organ | Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust |
| Website | sriaurobindoashram.org |
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The Sri Aurobindo Ashram (French: Ashram de Sri Aurobindo) is a spiritual community (ashram) located in Pondicherry, in the Indian territory of Puducherry. It was founded by Sri Aurobindo after he settled in Pondicherry in 1910. On 24 November 1926 turned over control of the ashram to his collaborator Mirra Alfassa.[1]
Governance
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The Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust was established in 1955 to administer the community and its assets.[citation needed]
Controversy
[edit]In compliance with the Central Government's Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust constituted an Internal Complaints Committee in April 2014.[2]
In 2001, a female member was expelled from the ashram for violating a "mandatory rule".[3] Thereafter she filed charges of sexual harassment against various members. These charges were dismissed by committees and government agencies, all of which found the charges false.[4][5][6][7] The then chairperson of the National Commission for Women added that there "appeared to be malicious planning behind the complaints".[8]
See also
[edit]- Auroville (not part of Sri Aurobindo Ashram)
- Sri Aurobindo International School (not part of Sri Aurobindo Ashram)
- The Mother's International School, Delhi (not part of Sri Aurobindo Ashram)
- Integral Life (Link to Ken Wilber; (not part of Sri Aurobindo Ashram)
References
[edit]- ^ Sri Aurobindo, Autobiographical Notes and Other Writings of Historical Interest (Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2006), p. 9.
- ^ Resolution No. 1270, 7 April 2014, retrieved 6 January 2016
- ^ Report of the Enquiry Officer at the High Court of Chennai (PDF), 24 October 2002, retrieved 14 January 2014
- ^ Judgment of The Judicial Magistrate at Pondicherry (PDF), 23 November 2004, retrieved 14 January 2014
- ^ Report of the Fact Finding Enquiry Officer (Government of Pondicherry) in the matter of complaints among the residents in Ambabhikshu House and certain other Ashramites (PDF), 10 January 2005, retrieved 14 January 2014
- ^ "Charges against Aurobindo Ashram false". The Hindu. 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Enquiry Report of the National Human Right Commission, New Delhi (PDF), 12 April 2005, retrieved 14 January 2014
- ^ "Five Aurobindo ashram inmates defy HC orders". The New Indian Express. 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
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