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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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