Sri Aurobindo Ashram
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a spiritual community located in Pondicherry, in the Indian territory of Puducherry. It was founded by Sri Aurobindo after he settled in Pondicherry in 1910. On 24 November 1926 turned over control of the ashram to his collaborator Mirra Alfassa. It houses the samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and Mira Alfassa.
Governance
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust was established in 1955 to administer the community and its assets.Controversy
In compliance with the Central Government's Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust constituted an Internal Complaints Committee in April 2014.In 2001, a female member was expelled from the ashram for violating a "mandatory rule". Thereafter she filed charges of sexual harassment against various members. These charges were dismissed by committees and government agencies, all of which found the charges false. The then chairperson of the National Commission for Women added that there "appeared to be malicious planning behind the complaints".