Puducherry Trip Overview
Experience Pondicherry like a local with a professional tour guide.
Choose an option with Bicycle or E-Bike or Walking Tour
Ride In the streets of white town, Tamil Quarters and Muslim quarters
Aesthetic Kolam Experience in 19th Century Tamil Quarters.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Puducherry, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Puducherry, , India
Experience Pondicherry like a local with a professional tour guide.
Choose an option with Bicycle or E-Bike or Walking Tour
Ride In the streets of white town, Tamil Quarters and Muslim quarters
Aesthetic Kolam Experience in 19th Century Tamil Quarters.
Stop At: Statue Of Gandhi, Goubert Avenue White Town, Pondicherry 605001 India
Starting with the statue of Joseph Francois Dupleix is situated on the beach road.
Dupleix was one of the most popular French governors to Pondicherry. He tried to prevent British supremacy by forming alliances with local princes. With the defeat of French in Second Carnatic War, Dupleix resigned his governorship and returned to France.
Even though Dupleix left Pondicherry in 1754, French recognition of his contribution came only in 1870, with the commissioning of two statues-one in Pondicherry and the other in France
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Statue Of Gandhi, Goubert Avenue White Town, Pondicherry 605001 India
Ending Point the Statue of Mahatma Gandhi is located on the beach front of Pondicherry. Built by the
famous sculptor Roy Choudhary from Madras School of Art and Crafts, it is one of the
major landmarks in Pondicherry. It is surrounded by eight exquisitely carved monolithic
granite pillars which were brought all the way from Gingee Fort.
There is a tunnel below the Gandhi statue which is believed to be leading to Gingee Fort. There were some efforts to explore the tunnel. But, after a few people died of
suffocation, the tunnel was closed.
Duration: 10 minutes
