Pondichery is famous for Arobindo ashram and Auroville matrimandir. However, there are many other interesting places to see. This video shows the complete sightseeing of Pondicherry and around. Some of the interesting places include the main sea beach (Pomenado beach), Dupleix statue, French buildings, French War memorial, Ambedkar mandapam, Le Cafe, Mahatma Gandhi statue, Neheru statue and the beautiful views of the sea beach, he old light house (near Secretariate), the new light house (south to Pondy towards Birampatnam), beautiful statues and view points near the main Pondy beach (Pomenado beach). The video also shows Bharati park, Manakula Vinayaka temple and Panchavatee Anjaneya temple.
Manakula Binayaka Temple is one of the most popular temples in Pondicherry located near Arobindo ashram. The other beautiful temples we visited are Kalathisvaran temple, Bedha puruseswar or Iswaran temple, Vardaraj Perumal temple. We hired a scooter and visited Panchavati Anjaneya temple which is about 10 kms from pondichery on Dindivanam road. Panchavati Anjaneya is a huge 36 ft granite idol.
Auroville is a universal township about 10 kms from Pondicherry. People of many different countries settle in auroville. The most important attraction of auroville is the matrimandir which is located at the center of it. The matrimandir is a globe shaped large structure for doing meditation inside.
This video shows the views of six beautiful beaches of Pondichery. (i) Pondichery Main beach or Pomenado beach, (ii) serenity beach (iii) Repo beach or Aurovil beach, (iv) sandy beach, (v) Birampatnam beach, (vi) Paradise beach. In my consideration Pondichery main beach is the most beautiful beach followed by Paradise beach. Other beaches are also good having their own features. For example, serenity beach is full of colorful fishing boats, repo beach is suitable for swimming (swimming jackets are available on hire) etc.
The botanical garden near bus stand is another attraction in Pondichery. It is more than double the size of Bharati park. There is a toy train for children running through the garden (Rs 10/- ticket). A statue of two big bulls look very attractive at the center of the garden. There are many medicinal plants and many rare plants in the garden. You can see the rest in the video.
This video shows three beautiful churches of Pondicherry. One is Sacred heart church near Pondicherry railway station. This is a very beautiful church and located at a very prominent location. The second church is Immaculate Conception cathedral on the mission street (or cathedral street) in Pondichery. The third church is the Lady of Health church in Ariyakuppam about 6 kms from Pondichery on Cuddalore road.
Paradise beach is a small island in the Bay of Bengal. One has to go about 5 kms in boat from Chunambar to reach Paradise beach. The width of the paradise beach is about 100 meters in some places. The length is just about more than a kilometer. We went to the Chunnambar boat club by a scooter from Pondicherry. Read more details of my experience in my blogs.
Arikamedu archeological site is about 8 kms from Pondicherry. One has to come upto Ariyakuppam on Cuddalore road and then take a left turn to go to the place. You can find the ruined parts of some very old buildings It is a few acres of land maintained by the archeological survey of India.
Birampatnam is about 10 kms south to Pondicherry. One has to come southward from Pondichery on Cuddalore road and take a left turn at Ariyakuppam to reach the beach. There are three interesting points to see in Birampatnam, one is the church in Ariyakuppam (shown in a separate video) where you take a turn for the beach, second is the amma temple near the beach (visible at the beginning of this video) and third is the beach. The video shows the beach in detail.
Ousteri Lake or Ossudu lake about 20 kms from pondichery. We went from pondicherry to Ousteri lake by a scooter. This is a huge lake with boating facility. However many of the boats are not in working condition. If you have more time in Pondichery it is not a bad idea to visit this place atleast for an hour. The place is less crowded as it is far from the city.
Tiruvakkarai is about 40 kms from Pondichery. One has to go through Oustery lake on the way. So we first visited Oustery lake and then went 20 kms further including 6 kms very poor road to find the Fossil Park. However after reaching the place I realized that the effort was worth for such a place. There are several hundred tree fossils which are estimated to be 20 million years old.
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