Matrimandir
The Matrimandir is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of integral yoga in the centre of Auroville, India established by Mirra Alfassa of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville's spiritual co-founder, known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère.- Type: Place of worship
- Description: Spiritual Building in the center of Auroville, India.
- Roof shape: dome
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auroville and Irumbai.
Auroville
Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auroville is a small town 6 km north of Pondicherry. This town was a vision of The Mother from Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry as it's an international town.
Irumbai
Village
Photo: Ssriram mt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Irumbai is a village situated next to Auroville in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and at about 10 km from Pondicherry. Irumbai is situated 2½ km west of Matrimandir.
Kottakuppam
Town
Kottakuppam is a developing municipality in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, approximately 5km from the nearby city of Pondicherry. Kottakuppam is situated 5 km southeast of Matrimandir.
Matrimandir
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Vanur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.00703° or 12° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
79.81063° or 79° 48′ 38″ eastOpen location code
7J4X2R46+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 45781323OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=domeWikidata ID
Q505286
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Tamil—“Matrimandir” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Matrimandir”
- Asturian: “Matrimandir”
- Bavarian: “Matrimandir”
- Chinese: “Matrimandir”
- Chinese: “MM”
- Chinese: “大黃金球”
- Chinese: “聖母殿”
- Chinese: “黃金球”
- Dutch: “Matrimandir”
- Esperanto: “Matrimandiro”
- French: “Matrimandir”
- German: “Matrimandir”
- Hindi: “Matrimandir”
- Hindi: “मातृमंदिर”
- Japanese: “マトリマンディル”
- Malayalam: “Matrimandir”
- Malayalam: “മാത്രിമന്ദിർ”
- Marathi: “मातृमंदिर”
- Oriya: “Matrimandir”
- Oriya: “ମାତୃମନ୍ଦିର”
- Russian: “Матримандир”
- Spanish: “Matrimandir”
- Tamil: “மாத்ரிமந்திர்”
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