Puducherry Tourism, Pondicherry India
(Puducherry is also known as Pondicherry)
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Puducherry Fast Facts
- State: Pondicherry
- District: puducherry
- Famous for/as: Beaches
- Population: 1,244,464
- Area: 492 km2 (190 sq mi)
- Altitude: 0 m
- Language: Tamil, French, English,telegu, Malayalam
- Best Season: Oct - Mar
- Weather: Summer 24 to 41°C, Winter 17 to 32°C
- Clothing: Tropical
- Local Transport: Taxi,Bus, Auto Rickshaw
- Pincode: 605xxx
- STDCode: 0413
Puducherry Info
Conducted Tour:
The Pondicherry Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (PTTDC) Counter at Goubert Avenue (Tel: 0413 2339497/4575) conducts city sightseeing covering Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, Water Sports Complex, Botanical Garden and Museum. Reservations can be made at the Tourist Information Bureau, Goubert Avenue.
Tourism Office :
40 Goubert Avenue (Beach Road).
Tel: 0413 2339497;
New Bus stand
Tel: 0413 2339497/4575
Puducherry, India Overview
A French colony up to 1954, Puducherry (earlier known as Pondicherry) is a small conclave in India that retains a distinctly French ambience and culture. This small, quiet Union Territory is well known for its fine cuisine and good hotels.
The Ashram founded by Sri Aurobindo, the well-known philosopher, attracts thousands of people from all over the country and abroad who come here to learn yoga and to meditate. Puducherry is definitely a place to unwind for a great weekend getaway from Chennai or Bengaluru.
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Puducherry, India History
The History of Pondicherry can be traced back to the 2nd century. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, of the early 2nd century, mentions a marketplace named Poduke (ch. 60), which G.W.B. Huntingford identified as possibly being Arikamedu (now part of Ariyankuppam), about 2 miles from the modern Pondicherry. Huntingford further notes that Roman pottery was found at Arikamedu in 1937, and archeological excavations between 1944 and 1949 showed that it was "a trading station to which goods of Roman manufacture were imported during the first half of the 1st century AD".