India Profile brings you the Pondicherry map that shows you the important tourist places in Pondicherry. Pondicherry, on India's East coast is a Union Territory of India that consists of 4 enclaves - namely Pondicherry and Karaikal in Tamil Nadu, Mahe in Kerala and Yanam in Andhra Pradesh. On the Pondicherry map you can see its capital Pondicherry and the other tourist destinations in Pondicherry. To know more about Pondicherry India, just take a look at the Pondicherry map.
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UST about any Indophile familiar with history and the French influences along the the eastern coast of the Indian subcontinent will be familiar with Pondicherry. This is where those in search of spiritual regeneration have headed to for decades, seeking out the calm, the yoga, the meditative peace, and the alternative lifestyle of Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville.
Surrounded by Tamil Nadu, the city of Pondicherry is the capital of Pondicherry union territory formed in 1962 from the four former colonies of French India-Pondicherry, Karaikal, and Yanam, on the Coromandel Coast, and Mahe, on the Malabar Coast (de facto transfer of French possessions to India took place on 1 Nov, 1954, de jure transfer on 28 May, 1956, and instruments of ratification were signed on 16 Aug, 1962). The city of Pondicherry originated as a trade centre in 1674, when it was purchased by the French from a local ruler. Today it is a seaside tourist resort known for the Hindu ashram (religious retreat) of Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950), now an international study centre. The union territory is governed by a lieutenant governor advised by a chief minister and a Council of Ministers; the jurisdiction of the Chennai High Court extends over it. (Also see Auroville.) ♣
The endless in-your-face coverage of violence and terror streaming over the television continued to add layer upon layer of misery on my soul. I knew that I had to find a cure to believe in humanity once again. In search of this, I headed off to Pondicherry, in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India.
Auroville, the true international community is believed to be the first such realization of human unity. Just ten kilometers or a 30-minute drive away from Pondicherry, this township operates according to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo.
A bit of history: Sri Aurobindo, a Cambridge scholar, was a revolutionary during India's independence movement. He was also a social reformer, a philosopher, and a spiritual thinker. He practiced a scientific, non-sectarian blend of yoga and idealism.
To escape from the British, he arrived in French occupied Pondicherry in the early 1900's and remained till his death in 1950. His disciple, Paris born Mirra Alfassa or "The Mother," spent 30 years with him. It is she who took the first steps towards creating Auroville way back in 1968. Today, she is as much revered as her guru, Sri Aurobindo.
