Puducherry Liberation Day : November 1 changed the course of Pondicherry’s historyHistory & Heritage

Puducherry Liberation Day : November 1 changed the course of Pondicherry’s history

PUDUCHERRY LIBERATION DAY Why is Puducherry Liberation Day -celebrated on November 1- a public holiday in Pondicherry? India gets one…

5 Vietnamese Dishes you must taste to experience Pondy’s forgotten historyBON APPETIT

5 Vietnamese Dishes you must taste to experience Pondy’s forgotten history

The Vietnamese Food Festival at Le Dupleix is back in 2023 with similar dishes that celebrate the link between Pondy…

Have you visited these three 10th century Chola temples in Pondicherry ?History & Heritage

Have you visited these three 10th century Chola temples in Pondicherry ?

Do you know that Pondicherry boasts of some fine Chola temples that predate even the three Great Living Chola Temples…

When Pondicherrians painted together for heritageHistory & Heritage

When Pondicherrians painted together for heritage

Unmindful of the hot sun on their backs, a bunch of school boys stood in the Gandhi Thidal and sketched a…

3 Important Documents you must read if you care about Pondicherry’s futureHistory & Heritage

3 Important Documents you must read if you care about Pondicherry’s future

A city is only as successful as its citizens’ investment in its future. If you have called Pondicherry home at…

This street was named after a Tamil officer killed in WWIHistory & Heritage

This street was named after a Tamil officer killed in WWI

The street names of Pondicherry evoke much curiosity- be it the French words, the very interesting spellings of Tamil words…

Why Pondicherrians get 3 holidays to celebrate Independence!History & Heritage

Why Pondicherrians get 3 holidays to celebrate Independence!

Pondicherry Liberation Day, Pondicherry de jure transfer day  & Independence Dy The rest of India gets one holiday to celebrate…

Where is Pondicherry’s old fort?History & Heritage

Where is Pondicherry’s old fort?

Yes, there was once a fort in Pondicherry! Find out what happened to it here.