Auroville
Worth seeing in and around Auroville
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Getting to Auroville
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 116 km · Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 182 km · Tirupati (TIR), 183 km
- Chennai → Auroville131 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · ₹1,060–1,320
- Tiruchirappalli → Auroville179 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ₹1,370–1,710
- Tirupati → Auroville186 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · ₹1,440–1,800
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Auroville
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Auroville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy rickshaw (₹300-400) or taxi (₹400-500) from Pondicherry (January 2023).
- Get inMany buses between Chennai and Pondicherry pass the turn off to Auroville - you can exit along the ECR (coastal highway) and into one of the waiting rickshaws at the junction (₹200).
- Get inHitchhiking between the ECR and Auroville is very easy.
- Get inYou can also rent scooters in Pondicherry and drive yourself for a day trip or arrange to keep the scooter for a few days or more.
- Get aroundRickshaws and taxis can be ordered for trips out of the town.
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Next door to Auroville
Auroville is 7 km from Gundupālaiyam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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