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Pondicherry (city), Pondicherry
Pondicherry ( ; french: Pondichéry ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east and the state of Tamil Nadu, with which it shares most of its culture, heritage, and language. History Puducherry, formerly known as Pondicherry, gained its significance as "the French Riviera of the East" after the advent of French colonialisation in India. Puducherry is the Tamil interpretation of "new town" and mainly derives from "Poduke", the name of the marketplace or "port town" for Roman trade in the 1st century, as mentioned in the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea''. The settlement was once an abode of learned scholars versed in the Vedas, hence it was also known as Vedapuri. The history of Puducherry can broadly be classified into two periods: pre-colonial and colonial. The pre- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promenade Beach
Rock Beach (or, known as, "Pondicherry Beach") is the popular stretch of beachfront in the city of Puducherry, India, along the Bay of Bengal. It is a 1.2-kilometre-long stretch in Pondicherry, starts from War Memorial and end at Dupleix Park on the Goubert Avenue. Other attractions * War Memorial * Chief Secretariat * The Promenade * Le Café * Mahatma Gandhi statue * Dupleix Park Panoramas Gallery File:PondicherryFrenchWarMemorial.jpg, French War Memorial File:Pondicherry, Promenade Beach, Rock Beach, India.jpg, Rock Beach/Promenade Beach File:Moon rise beach.jpg, Moon rise at Promenade beach File:Rock beach night harbor.jpg, Promenade beach at night showing harbor File:Gandhi statue poncherry 1.jpg, Gandhi statue at Promenade beach File:Pondicherry, Bay of Bengal, India.jpg, Harbor at Promenade beach File:Pondicherry Beach, India.jpg, Evening walk by the bay of Bengal in Pondicherry See also *Puducherry *Pondicherry (city) *Tourism in Puducherry Pondicherry is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
