Craft Mela, held in the heart of Auroville, is a vibrant celebration of artistry and tradition. This annual event brings together diverse crafts—handlooms, blacksmithing, coconut rope making, and more. It serves as a platform for children to learn alongside seasoned artisans, preserving endangered skills and embracing the rich heritage of craftsmanship. As modernity encroaches, … [Read more...] about Craft Mela: A Celebration of Creativity and Tradition
Celebration
End of year festival day at Thamarai
A festival day prepared during winter camp Just before the new year finished, children led a week-long winter camp focused on designing a community festival day that brought people from Annai Nagar, Allankuppam and Auroville together in fun and learning. The children were busy all week planning and working together to organise this event. They designed gift cards for … [Read more...] about End of year festival day at Thamarai
Happily reconnecting
Laughter and greetings rippled through Thamarai Learning centres on Monday evening, November 23rd, as our older children and facilitation team had a heart-warming reunion. After 8 months of a voice-only connection on the daily learning phone calls, we could at last meet again at the centres and have socially distant learning activities together. The students have grown so tall … [Read more...] about Happily reconnecting
Oliyin Vitai with Yatra Arts Media
Film screening event in Annai Nagar On March 16th, Thamarai in association with Yatra Arts Media organised a film screening event in Annai Nagar village, where we have one of our after-school centres. Yatra Arts Media for 6 months taught Thamarai after-school children how to film, write scripts and let them explore this field of creativity (Click here to read more about … [Read more...] about Oliyin Vitai with Yatra Arts Media