
Fraternity culture center
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Bridge and grassy seating area for the audience which was designed by Palit in Jan. 1972.
Keywords: play, theatre

Fraternity community kitchen with Ranganathan
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Entrance with flowers
Keywords: community kitchen

Joss TV Studio framing 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: January 1972
Keywords: TVstudio

Joss TV Studio framing 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: January 1972
Keywords: TVstudio

Joss TV Studio framing 3
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: View from further away, January 1972
Keywords: construction, Fraternity, TV studio

Joss TV Studio framing 4
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: View with bird, January 1972
Keywords: TVstudio

Joss TV Studio ceiling finished
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: 6-pointed bamboo star covered with keet
Keywords: TVstudio

Fraternity community kitchen built by Joss
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: View inside kitchen, decorated for festivities, 1972-74
Keywords: community kitchen

Workers tying keet on Fraternity's first workshop
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: February 1972

Crochet department 5
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Bhanumathi crocheting jute carpet, 1972

Chinnaponnu with handful of kambu millet
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Kambu field in Fraternity, 1972

Narayanan, master weaver
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fraternity weaving department, 1972-73

Janaki cleaning kambu millet
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fraternity kambu harvest, 1972

Group photo of Kuilapalayam villagers
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: 1972-73

Crochet department 3
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: 1972-73

Sisal mats department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Krishnaveni painting sisal mats, 1972-73

Embroidery department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Helma embroidering, 1972-73

Poppo discussing with Yakim
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Early 1973

Fraternity scene 1973 (before)
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: With new workshop and overhead water tank under construction, July-December 1973

Fraternity scene 1973 (after)
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: With new asbestos roof workshop, July-December 1973
Keywords: New construction

Fraternity kindergarten 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Maya (of Mahalingam), first teacher of Fraternity worker's kids, with group of children including Pippi and Poppo's daughter Nevi, 1973-74

Fraternity kindergarten 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Two rows of children being taught the Tamil alphabet, 1973-74
Keywords: Kindergarten

Korai grass mat department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Trainee Ramalingam at mat loom

Korai grass mat department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Chellathai demonstrating grass mat work, 1973-74

Cane department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Arumugam, trainee at cane basket work, 1974

Woodcraft department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Walter (Belgium) head of the unit, moved his workshop from Aspiration into Fraternity's early keet building

Handloom department 3
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Buildings used by handloom department; the upper middle bedroom was first occupied by Alu, mother of Firooza, 1974-75

Crochet department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Heidi smiling while she crochets, 1974-77

Handloom department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Woman winding thread onto bobbins for weavers, 1975-76

Embroidery department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Valerie in kerchief with embroidery threads, 1975-76

Glowbal department 8
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Bryan checking quality of glowbal with Tamil letters, 1977

Glowbal department 7
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Arumugam assembling a glowbal, 1975-77

Glowbal department 6
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Kartikeyan applying adhesive to cane strips and handloom cloth over them, 1975-77

Handloom department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Guy, Dassengu and Tommy Elder, 1975-77

Glowbal department 5
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Shankar tying cane ribbing, 1975-77

Glowbal department 4
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Arumugam, Kaliyapermual and Shanmugam slicing cane strips, 1975-77

Glowbal department 3
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Karthikeyan, Shanmugam and Veerappan assembling glowbals, 1975-77

Fraternity workers full team
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Weavers, tailors, crochet, embroidery, hammock and global workers, with Aurovilians Heidi, (unknown), Valerie, Patti, 1975-77

Fraternity tailor portrait
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Smiling man with sewing machine, 1975-77

Crochet department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fanou with baby Aurelia, Gandhimadhi, Manima, Rajan, Vijaya, 1979

Fanou's team of ladies group portrait
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fraternity ladies with Fanou including Mohana, Suriyagandi, Vijaya, 1977-79

Glowbal department 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Far view of lines of glowbals drying, August 1977

Glowbal department 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Two men in center of glowbals drying in the sun, August 1977

Palit's puja 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Puja arrangement with small photo of Palit, 11 August 1972

Early Fraternity business meeting
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Poppo, Jocelyne, Krishnaveni and Yakim around a table, 1973

Crochet department 4
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Krishnaveni teaching Angeli and Indrani, 1972-73

Fraternity's first workshop 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Workers covering the roof with keet, February 1972

The Fraternity master-weavers, Narayanan and Yakim
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Close-up of Narayanan and Yakim working together, 1972-73

Fraternity kindergarten 3
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Children playing in the pool with structure visible, 1973-74
Keywords: play, pool

Fraternity kindergarten 4
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Children playing in the pool, 1973-74

Handloom department 4
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Woman tying knots on bedcovers, September 1978

Palit's puja 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Man placing incense for Palit's puja in corner of workshop, 8 August 1972
Keywords: puja

Water! 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Girls in Fraternity enjoying their first pumped water, 1972

Fraternity water windmill tower 2
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Woman and children using handpump under scaffolding, 1972
Keywords: water, windmill, Fraternity, Tamil women and children

Fraternity water windmill tower 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Workers on well drilling scaffolding - the workers earned Rs. 5 per day - barren sand of 15 acres,1972

Water! 1
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Mohana and Gaja washing at handpump, 1972

Bryan looking down from Aurobateau opening
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fraternity community kitchen (Aurobateau), 1972

Yakim on water-windmill tower
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: Fraternity water-windmill tower, 1972

Field with young trees, Fraternity
Publisher: Auroville Archives
Description: From August to November 1972 over 200 trees were planted along with a number of causerina trees.
Keywords: planting, reforestation, causerina