Pondicherry with children
Daytime places that children tend to enjoy, all published on Pondy.org with their location. Check opening times locally before you go.
Science and stars
The Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium at Lawspet, set up by the National Council of Science Museums, has a fun science gallery, a marine life gallery, a children’s corner, an outdoor science park and a digital planetarium.
- Museum
Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium
Public science centre and planetarium at Lawspet, set up by the National Council of Science Museums.
Parks and boats
Bharathi Park and the Botanical Garden are the town’s green spaces. South of the city, the Chunnambar Water Sports Complex offers pedal boats, kayaks and speed-boat rides, according to Puducherry Tourism.
iMahesh · CC BY-SA 4.0 ParkBharathi Park
Shaded park at the centre of the French Quarter, beside Lok Niwas (Raj Nivas), with the white Aayi Mandapam monument in the middle.
Prabhupuducherry · CC BY-SA 3.0 GardenBotanical Garden
The city’s botanical garden, west of the old town and close to the old bus stand.
- Attraction
Chunnambar Water Sports Complex
Boating centre on the Chunnambar backwaters, named by Puducherry Tourism for pedal boats, kayaks and speed-boat rides.
History you can see
The Puducherry Museum’s bronzes and Roman-era finds, and a walk along the seafront past the lighthouse and the statues.
Satdeep Gill · CC BY-SA 4.0 MuseumPuducherry Museum
Museum in a French-period building near Bharathi Park, with one of the largest collections of Chola bronzes and finds from the excavations at Arikamedu.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 BeachPromenade Beach (Rock Beach)
Pondicherry’s rocky seafront on the Bay of Bengal: a 1.2 km promenade along Goubert Avenue, from the French War Memorial to Dupleix Park.
Dr. Ajay B. MD · CC BY-SA 3.0 HeritageOld Lighthouse
The French lighthouse on the Promenade: a 29-metre tower first lit on 1 September 1836, replaced in 1979 by the new lighthouse to the south.
