Pondicherry or Puducherry is a historic tourism place in India. It is
also called as French Gate way to India. Mix of culture from Tamil, French,
Franco Indian, Ashram and Auroville International city makes Puducherry richer.
Puducherry or Pondicherry -
Tourist Places in India
Historic Name: VedhaPuri
Situated: Situated about 160 kms from Chennai on the Coromandel Coast.
Nearest Airport: Chennai Airport.
For 300 years the French ruled this territory. Today
Pondicherry stands as an image of French Culture in India.
It is the Place where the British and the French
had Conflicts.
Pondicherry is the French Capital of India during the French rule.
Attained independence on 1 November 1954 and re-joined as a union
territory of India on 1 July 1963.
Nearly 20000 Pondicherry people live in France and 10000 French people
live in Pondicherry.
Language Spoken: Tamil, French, English, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.
The Main town of Pondicherry is surrounded by four Boulevard roads.
Arikamedu showers the business history of
Pondicherry. It is a Cholas port which
associates Beads trading with Romans. Many hand crafts associated with Romans
were found in the place. This Archaeological place is found in 1940 and
excavated. History dates back to 1 century. Now this is part of the
Ariyankuppam commune of Pondicherry. All the items found from the place are now
in Pondicherry Museum for the Public view.
Best Shopping Items: Handcrafts like essential oils, Perfumes, scented
incense, different aromatic products are famous in Pondicherry.
Many disciples of Sri Aurobindo and Mother - Mirra Alfasa are living
all around the world.
Famous Temples: Manakular
Vinayagar temple situated near the beach
is very famous temple. This temple possesses a Golden cart and it can be
operated by anybody by paying few thousand rupees only.
Villiyanur Thiru Kameshwar
temple It has a wooden chariot of 15metre tall. 10days of Brahmautsavam is very
famous in this temple.
Vedhpurishwar temple : This a shiva temple from 18th century
Varadharaja Perumal temple Here the divine Narashima sits behind
Venkatachalapathy.
Famous Churches:
Immaculate church Located in Mission Street. This is church built
in 1692. The architect is Portugal Architect.
Sacred Heart church Located in South Boulevard. This 100 year old church build in
1895.Architectural type of this church is Basilica.
Famous Mosque: JamaiMosque , Meeran Mosque ,
Kuthbha Mosque . All these Mosques are famous for its architect.
Famous Visit Places: Aayi Mandapam, Gandhi statue, beach etc add more
values for "Vedhapuri" that is now called as Pondicherry or
Puducherry. Promenade walk is very famous in Pondicherry.
French Food Festival
Gourmet is organised by
Pondicherry Tourism Department every August, Where you can dine a variety of
French Tasty Foods.
Botanical Garden has variety of Plants and trees in it. An Aquarium is
also inside this as an additional beauty to the garden.
The Government Park which is opposite to the Raj Nivas – The Honourable
Governors House, is a Park created by the French and destroyed by the English
later. Now it is again flourished with lots of Plants and Flowers. Also many
kids playing equipment’s were added to excite the kids.
The Pondicherry Museum: Posses more collections from Romans, China,
Greek and different collections excavated from Arikamedu.
Bharthiyar Museum: Bharathi The
Great Poet from Tamil Nadu spent around 10 years in Pondicherry writing various
poems. His residence becomes the Bharathi Museum now with all his collection of
Books and Poems and also with the materials used by him.
Bharthidhasan Museum: Bharthidhasan
The Great Poet and follower of Bharathi
who is very famous for his Poem writing also spent his life in
Pondicherry. His residence becomes the Bharthidhasan Museum now with all his
collection of Books and Poems and also with the materials used by him.
Jawahar Toy Museum: A costume collection of dolls can be seen at this
Museum which is located at Goubert Salai.
Roman Rolland Library: A very big Library with a lot of collections.
Traditional Houses:
