A. No, Auroville is an internationally recognised township project, endorsed by UNESCO and supported by the Government of India. Sri Aurobindo and The Mother were the people who inspired the project, and through which it started in 1968, but there is no 'cult' surrounding them; nor can the Aurovilians in any way be likened to a sect.
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