The Brains Behind It All
How did Auroville come to be? Who was the person responsible for its architecture and design? The driving force behind this utopian place is a woman the townsfolk call Mother or, as she was originally called, Mirra Alfisa. She was born to an Egyptian mother and a Turkish father. And ever since she was a little girl, she had already been considered a gifted child. In her twenties, she learned about the occult and had worked with different groups of spiritual seekers.
