Pavilion of Tibetan culture

Pavilion of Tibetan culture

 

The construction of a second Pavilion (after the Bharat Nivas) has started. It was more than twenty-five years ago that the first Pavilion began. The second Pavilion in the International zone of Auroville, the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture, will try to embody the words of the Mother: "...the cultures of the different regions of the earth will be represented here in such a way as to be accessible to all, not merely intellectually, in ideas, theories, principles and languages, but also vitally, in habits and customs, in art under all forms—painting, sculpture, music, architecture, decoration—and physically too through natural scenery, dress, games, sport, industries and food. It is perhaps symbolic that it is a nation without a country but with a deep and ancient culture which has accepted to build in the International Zone what will, we hope, be the sign of her inner quest. 

Though His Holiness the Dalai Lama laid the Foundation Stone of the Pavilion on the eve of Christmas 1993, the actual construction has been delayed for different reasons, in particular by the accident of one of the architects who fell from a windmill and took several months to recover. The choice of the architecture of the building was an Aurovillian adventure and as often happens in Auroville, ended in a consensus/compromise between the technical and esthetic requirements and ultimately a far better result than the original plan. In March the final model was presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama who made some comments for improvement of the inner courtyard and blessed the project.   Pavilion of Tibetan culture