GK
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Auroville, Puducherry
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Allahabad (Prayag)
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Jaipur
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Manipur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Auroville is located in south India, mostly in the State of Tamil Nadu (some parts are in the State of Puducherry), a few kilometres inland from the Coromandel Coast, approx 150 kms south of Chennai (previously Madras) and 10 kms north of the town of Puducherry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, also known as ‘The Mother’, Auroville is an experimental township or a universal town. Designed by famous architect Roger Anger, Auroville is a must-visit attraction of Pondicherry where people of different nationalities, cultures and beliefs live together in harmony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Auroville, the City of Dawn The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity-in diversity. Today Auroville is recognised as the first and only internationally endorsed ongoing experiment in human unity and transformation of consciousness.
Detailed explanation-4: -Auroville | Viluppuram District, Govt of Tamil Nadu | India.