SIGNIFICANCE OF PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry a french colonized place long ago has still got the traces of frech architecture and traditions followed followed these days. For instance, the road signs are in french and most of the restaurants serve steak and wine, a traditional french drink and also one can find a lot of people over here to be fluent in french.

Pondicherry, one among the 7 union territories of the nation has got a lot to offer to the tourists starting from Aurobindo Ashram to Arikamedu, which is believed to be a trading port between Rome and Tamil Nadu in the ancient times. Elaborating about the tourists spot in pondicherry will for sure make anyone to think of visiting this place atleast once.

Touristic spot in pondicherry include Aurobindo Ashram founded by Sri Aurobindo, a philosopher turned spiritual reformer. This Ashram is now visited by thousands of spiritual seekers from all over the world in order to attain inner peace. The next place in the list is the Auroville, founded by Mirra Alfassa. This place stands as a testament for human unity and serves as a right place to vist if one is in search of peace. The next are the beaches. There are 4 main beaches in pondicherry and anyone can enjoy a relaxed and calm atmosphere in any of the beaches, as the beaches over here will never be over-crowded as in any other beaches in the nation. Churches are a major tourists attraction in pondicherry as it is land of 32 churches, showing the richness of French architecture.

The next landmark of pondicherry is the Old lighthouse which attracts a large tourists inspite of not being functional these days. The next tourist destination is the French War Memorial comprising Four pillars constructed in memory of all French soldiers who lost their lives in World War 1. The Pondicherry Museum is also a must visit place in the union territory as it has many relics and artecrafts from the French, the British and the Dutch period. Ousteri also called as Osudu lake, shows the richness of scenic beauty of pondicherry. Outseri aslo serves as place to find several migratory birds thus giving a treat to the birdwatchers.

The list of tourist destination spots in pondicherry will not get fulfilled without the addition of Arikamedu from where several Ancient Roman sculptures, glassware, lamps and gems has been discovered. These places shows the touristic wealth of pondicherry and makes it one of the must tourism places in the nation.