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Home DestinationIndiaStatesPondicherry
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Facts And Figures |
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Capital : Pondicherry
Area : 492 sq. km. Population
: 7,98,003 (1991 census)
Language : Tamil, English,
French, Malayalam and Telugu. Season :
Throughout the year.
Airports :
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Tourist Attraction |
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Aurobindo
Ashram |
Aurobindo, a revolutionery turned Saint
from Bengal envisioned that next in the evolutionary cycle would be an
eradominated by man's mind. to make that process of adoptionto that age
of the super mind easier. The other places of interest in the Ashram
complex are the International Education Centre, guest houses, libraries
and the cottage industries.
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Beaches
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The beaches are the best to visit in Pondicherry.The
1500 metre long beach that borders the town on the eastern side is clean
and is an ideal place for swimming and sun bathing.
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Botanical Gardens
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The gardens planned by C.S. Perrotet in 1826, have a
good collection of exotic flowering plants from India and abroad |
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Temples /
Churches |
There are several temples in Pondicherry
that were built by the Cholas between the 10th and 12th centuries. Most
of them are dedicated to the local goddesses of the villages where they
were constructed. There are also quite a few temples dedicated to Lord
Vinayaka or Ganapathy. One of the most beautiful is the Church of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus located on South Boulevard. It is built in the Gothic
style and has three stained glass panels in a corridor behind the altar
which depict the life of Christ.
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