Pondicherryis one of best place in India to plan your tour.Don’t be surprised if you are greeted with a “bonjour comment ça va?” by a native Pondicherrian, but not to worry, you are still in India, albeit with a French touch.
The city of Pondicherry is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, it is mostly referred to as ‘Pondy’ by the locals. The city had its name officially changed to Puducherry in 2006.
multi-cultural cosmopolitan town that Pondicherry is, it is not a matter of surprise that Pondicherry’s people speak in various languages. 89% of the population speak in Tamil whereas 4.8% and 2.9% of the people speak in Malayalam and Telugu respectively. The status of each language varies by district. Since people from many other states of India and different countries reside in this beautiful little town, English is used for convenience. English is also one of the official languages of the country.
One of the most striking features about Pondicherry is that it has a lot of colonial buildings which can be traced back as early asthe 18th century. The speciality is that the roads are built along a grid of straight clean streets. You can find the grid pattern of roads even in other cities like Ernakulam which was done only of late.
The colours which are predominantly used in the buildings are cream, pink, yellow and grey with beautiful bougainvillea which you can find protruding from the compound walls and gates of the houses here.
The town was geographically divided during the colonial era as ‘French town’ and ‘Tamil town’ thanks to the architectural. The French quarters of the town is still unofficially called ‘White town’ by the locals
Some more beautiful places to explore in pondicherry
Paradise beach
Resorts
Rock beach
Government & Administration
Puducherry is not a separate state but a Union Territory of India which is represented in the Centre by the Lt. Governor, which implies that the governance and administration of the territory falls directly under the federal authority in New Delhi.
However, along with Delhi, Puducherry is one of the two union territories in India which is entitled by special constitutional amendments to have an elected legislative assembly and a cabinet of ministers which means that it enjoys special privileges like that of a state. The government is permitted to make laws with respect to specific matters under the special provision as a Union Territory. For changes in legislation, it may require approval from the government or the assent of the President of the country.
So if you want pieceful holiday u must explore pondicherry 😊
Excellent photography and that hehe lol
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