Where is Auroville & and how to get there?
Auroville -longitude 79E 48′ 38.18″, latitude 12N 0′ 25.20″- is located in Villipuram district of Tamil Nadu, close to Pondicherry on the Coromandel Coast of southern India. It is included in the sub-humid tropics and situated on a plateau region with its maximum elevation of 32 mtr above sea level located in the Matrimandir area. The annual rainfall average is 1.200 mm mainly from the SW monsoon (June to Sept.) and NE monsoon (Nov to Dec) with a dry period of approx 6 months. The average maximum temperature is 37.2 C (89.96F), average minimum 20 C (68 F).