People from across the country thronged the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry today and offered prayers on the occasion of the 134th birth anniversary of The Mother. They later participated in a mass meditation around the samadhis of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, her spiritualmentor. They also visited the rooms where Sri Aurobindo and the Mother stayed, ashram sources said. The Ashram was founded in 1926. Sri Aurobindo passed away in 1950 while the Mother breathed her last in 1973.The Mother (Mira Alfassa) founded Aurobindo InternationalCentre of Education in 1952 and the international township ofAuroville 10 km from Puducherry in 1968.