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Pondicherry, since 2006 officially

Puducherry, is a Union Territory of

India. It is a former French colony,

consisting of four non-contiguous

enclaves, or districts, and named

for the largest, Pondicherry.

In September 2006, the territory

changed its official name from

Pondicherry to Puducherry, which

means "New village" in the Tamil

language. The territory is called

(Putuccri) or

(Piccri)

in Tamil, or Pondichry in French. It

is also known as "The French

Riviera of the East" (La Cte d'Azur

de l'Est).


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Pondicherry consists of four small unconnected districts:

Pondicherry, Karaikal and Yanam on the Bay of Bengal and Mah

on the Arabian Sea. Pondicherry and Karaikal are by far the larger

ones and are both enclaves of Tamil Nadu. Yanam and Mah are

enclaves of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively. The territoryhas a total area of 492 km: Pondicherry (city) 293 km, Karaikal

160 km, Mah 9 km and Yanam 30 km. It has 900,000

inhabitants (2001).

The Union Territory of puducherry comprises of four coastal

regions viz- puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. puducherryand Karaikal are situated on the East Coasts in Tamil Nadu, Yanam

in Andra Pradesh and Mahe on the West Coast in Kerala.


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The population of Pondicherry (Census, 2001) is 9.74 lakhs. As aproportion of the countrys total population, it is 0.09%. Women and

men constitute exactly 50% of the population (4.87 lakh).

Pondicherry is highly urbanized. Urban population accounts for 67% as

against the All India.

proportion of 28% (2001). The average annual rate of growth of urbanization of

the UT is 1.95%.

(1991-2001). Majority of the population of the UT resides in the districts of

Pondicherry and Karaikal.In terms of the size of the population, ranking in the descending order is

Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. There is no rural population as such

in Yanam and Mahe. In Pondicherry district, the proportion of rural population

is 31%. In Karaikal, it is 56% Density.


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Hinduism, Christianity and Islam co-exist in Pondicherry.

Hindus

The Hindus have scores of ancient temples in Pondicherry famous among

them being Varadaraja temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu,Villianur temple

dedicated to Thirukameshwara and Thirunallartemple dictated to Planet

Saturn, Sani.Karaikal is the Gateway to various places of worship in the

eastern coast of Tamil Nadu.

Velankanni and Nagore the two famous places of pilgrimage for Christians and

Muslims respectively are near Karaikal.


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Muslims

For the Muslims, Masthan Saheb Darga (dedicated to Masthan Syed Buhari, a Sufi

Saint) is very sacred.

Christian

The Christians have half a dozen famous churches . Sacred Heart of Jesus

Church, Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Notre Dame des Anges and the

Villianur and Ariankuppam Churches.


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Tamil (89 %)

Malayalam (3.8 %)

Telugu (2.9 %)

French (1 %)

The status of each language varies by district.

Language spoken in numbers

As of 2001, number of people speaking in each official languages are

Tamil: 820,749 (in Pondicherry and Karaikal districts)

Malayalam: 36,823 (in Mahe District only)

Telugu: 31,362 (in Pondicherry and Yanam districts)

French: 10,000


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State Bird

Koel

State Animal State Flower State Tree

Squirrel

Cannonball tree's flower Bael Fruit Tree


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Pondicherry Beach

Auroville


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Aurobindo Ashram

Bharathi Park

Botanical Garden

Pondicherry Museum


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Manakular Vinayagar TempleStreets Near Aurobindo Ashram, French Heritage

Light House Beach


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The festivals celebrated here are:

Fire WalkingSedal

Mascarade Festival:

Mangani Festival

Kandoori Festival

The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

ThiraiyattamMasimagam Festival

Navratri

Ayudha Puja

Vijayadasami

Diwali

Karthigai Deepam FestivalPongal

ther festivals or fairs celebrated in Pondicherry include Putha Lanthira, Mandolilthira,

Koyodan Korothithra, Pandokuloththira, Mandalam vilakku, vishnutheertham,

Swamikalyanam, etc. The Mahe district, which is situated near Kerala, celebrates festivals

similar to Kerala like Onam, Vishu, Sri Krishna Jayanti, Vinayaga Chathurthi etc.


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Fire Walking

The people who participate in this

festival has to observe a fast of forty

days and wear saffron colored clothes

and after bath, walk through the fire.

Sedal

During this festival the devotees

torture themselves by piercing small

silver hooks and spears in their body

or tongues in fulfillment of some vow.

It is said that as many as 100 needles

are pierced over their body. They then

go in a procession after a bath and

clad themselves in turmeric strained

clothes.


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International Yoga Festival

Mascarade Festival

Mascarade or Mask festival is

celebrated during March-April. This

festival reflects the French sense of

humor, the people wear fantasticmask and fancy costumes and they

go around the streets in joyous

merriment indulging in a kind of

gimmic dance to the accompaniment

of trumpets.

This festival is celebrated from 4th

to 7th January every year. Duringthis festival yogis and yognis from

all over the world.


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Mangani Festival

Kandoori Festival

This festival is celebrated in July in

Karaikal Ammayur temple.

This is the festival of Karaikal Durga. The

people celebrate this festival very sacredly.


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The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Thiraiyattam

This is celebrated by Christians in theOur Lady of Lourdes church.

This is celebrated in October

every year. Even non-Christians

attend this festival.


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This festival is celebrated on the early morning in the month of

February-March. The devotees go to the seashore to have a holy dip in

the sea for ablution of their sins.

Masimagam Festival


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This is a nine-day festival of the Goddess

Durga (warrior righteousness), Lakshmi

(prosperity) and Saraswati (knowledge and the

arts).

This festival marks the end of Navaratri. All forms of

implements and equipments, including cars and motorcyclesare given Puja. No work is done that day.

The next day to Ayudha Puja is given over to

the Goddess Durga, who is the warrior

aspect of the Divine Mother.

VijyaDashmi

Ayudha PujaNavratri


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This is celebrated between mid-October

and mid-November. This festival marks

the triumph of Good over Evil.

During this three day festival mostly allthe Hindu houses are illuminated.


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This festival is celebrated for four days. It is

celebrated from 13th to 16th January.During the festival of Pongal, houses are

cleaned and are decorated with colorful

patterns of "kolam". On the second day, i.e.

on the bhogi day old clothes and mats are

ritually burnt. Pongal is prepared in new

mud pots. It is made with new rice, jaggery,sugar and raisins. On the third day of the

festival, the herds of cattle are cleaned and

decorated and they are also given Pongal.

On the fourth day, people dress up

colorfully and visit their friends and

relatives. The festival of Pongal is a festivetime for the people here and the parks and

the streets are filled with people. All the

people are engaged in merry making.


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Sri Aurobindo and Subramanya Bharathy who took part in the Indian

independence movement.

Tamil Poet Bharathidasan.

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Subramanya Bharathy Bharathidasan


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KAVERI RIVER WATER DISPU

TE

The sharing of waters of the river Kaveri had been the bone of

contention of a serious conflict between the Indian states of

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The genesis of this disparity, itself,

lies in two controversial agreements, one signed in 1892 and

another in 1924, between the Madras Presidency and thePrincely State of Mysore.


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CYCLONE THANE HITS TAMIL NADU AND PONDICHERRY

33 people were killed as Cyclone Thane, packing a

wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coastbetween Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Friday morning


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The challenges confronting the coastal Puducherry are similar to theones faced by the coastal cities in India.

To with:

Pollution of the sea front due to municipal and industrial wastes.

Ever-increasing demographic pressure with its attendant problems of

waste generation and groundwater.depletion the latter causes salinity intension.

Pressure on establishing hotels and amusement parks at the water

front which would contribute to a

and b, above.

Incomplete implementation of seasonal fishing bans, and overfishing. An increasingly intense conflict between developmental pressure and

the health of the coastal environment.

Beech erosion; destruction of mangroves.


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