Guides to Pondicherry
Walks, beaches, sacred places and day trips, each on the map.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 Pondicherry in one day
The seafront at sunrise, the French Quarter, the Tamil Quarter and back to the sea: the city’s essentials on foot.
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Jayaseerlourdhuraj · CC BY-SA 3.0 Pondicherry in two days
Day one in the old town; day two south to the beaches and Arikamedu, or north to Auroville.
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Jayarathina · CC BY-SA 3.0 Pondicherry in three days
The old town, the coast, and a third day inland: Villianur’s temple and shrine and the bird lakes of Ousteri and Bahour.
5 placesJayaseerlourdhuraj · CC BY-SA 3.0 A short history of Pondicherry
From the Roman-era port of Arikamedu to French India and 1954, told through the places you can visit.
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iMahesh · CC BY-SA 4.0 Pondicherry with children
Science exhibits and a planetarium, parks, boats on the backwaters and the seafront.
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Satdeep Gill · CC BY-SA 4.0 Pondicherry on a rainy day
Museums, the planetarium, the old library and the great churches and temples.
8 placesVyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 Photographing Pondicherry
Sunrise on the seafront, French façades, temple towers, modern architecture and water birds.
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Pinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0 The French Quarter on foot
From the Ashram to Dupleix Park: temples, churches, museums and the seafront of the French town.
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Arunankapilan · CC BY-SA 3.0 The Tamil Quarter
Temples, the big market and the house of the poet Bharathi, inland from the French Quarter.
5 placesVyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 Beaches
The rocky Promenade in town and the sandy beaches north and south of it.
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Deepak-nsk · CC0 Sacred places
Temples, churches, a Sufi mosque, the Ashram and the Matrimandir.
12 placesSatdeep Gill · CC BY-SA 4.0 Museums and monuments
Chola bronzes, Arikamedu, the lighthouses and the statues of the seafront.
14 placesiMahesh · CC BY-SA 4.0 Parks, lakes and backwaters
Bharathi Park, the botanical garden, bird lakes and the Chunnambar backwaters.
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Ssriram mt · CC BY-SA 4.0 Beyond the city
Villianur, Arikamedu, the backwaters and, in Tamil Nadu, Auroville and Irumbai.
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