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Pondicherry Travel Guide
Pondicherry town is a surprise in India. This you'll realise as you pass
through well-laid, wide streets carrying French names and kept unpolluted.
Clean. A French past is still present.
Pondicherry cheers the
heart of the romantic. With grand boulevards and quiet promenades. You'll be
greeted with large bouquets of bougainvillea hanging over the ivory-coloured
walls of colonial mansions. Pondicherry with its ashram charm, is sought out
by the peace-seeker. And with its safe and secluded beaches, by the
tan-seeker.
Pondicherry is richly cosmopolitan. A staggering
number of 55 languages are spoken here. By an easy, relaxed set of people.
Pondicherry is a favourite hunting ground for the shop-hopper. Where
wonderful bargains are easy pickings. Pondicherry is a peaceful, easy
feeling. That makes you want to put your feet up. And let your hair down.
The French Heritage Pondicherry has a rich French cultural
heritage, having been the capital of the French colonies in India since the
17th century. Pondicherry, Karaikal, Yanam and mahe were transferred to the
Indian union in 1954. This French legacy is visible in the well-Planned
town, neatly laid roads, wide and vibrant beaches, beautiful promenades,
architecturally imposing churches and public buildings and the statues of
joan of ark and joseph Francois colonies in India from 1742-54.
The town also has an alliance Francaise and the French institute. Among the
notable French personalities who left their indelible mark on Pondicherry,
four names stand out.
Francois Martin who was appointment the administrator after the Treaty of
Ryswick, brought stability and was responsible for its growth. Dumas, who
succeeded him, built on Martin's foundation. The third notable Frenchman was
joseph Francois Dupleix, the Governor of french india from 1742-54.
The forth French Personality who made an impact on Modern day
Pondicherry was 'The Mother', a paris-born painter musician and Sri
Aurobindo's close companion from 1920 until his death in 1950. She was
responsible for developing the Ashram as it is today.
The
Land of Yoga and Spirituality If you are tired of the rat race
that today's world has become and are in search of inner peace, harmony and
spirituality, then Pondicherry is the place to come to. It has been seat of
learning and Vedic culture since ancient times and was also the home of the
great Hindu sage Agastya. Pondicherry mystic spirit found a great
resurrection in the twentieth century with the establishment of Aurobindo
Ashram.
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