The Auroville was founded by

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 25 May 2021

The Auroville was founded by

A. Henri Morisset

B. Mathilde Ismalun

C. Maurice Alfassa

D. Mirra Alfassa

Explanation:

Aurovillian Christoph Pohl’s documentary Ever Slow Green, which tells the story of Auroville’s unique afforestation project that took root on an eroded desert plateau in Villupuram district, has been officially selected for screening at the prestigious ChangeNow summit in Paris. Auroville is an experimental township in Viluppuram district mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as “the Mother”) a French spiritual guru and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name “The Mother”.

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