Pondicherry by Walk

 I was in Pondicherry for a couple of days on work and walked to White Town and the Promenade beach from my hotel. I passed by old residential areas, 100 year old buildings, past the Port area which has a huge ground where many youngsters were playing cricket, see the lighthouse from far, into the quaint  White Town area with its old heritage buildings, brightly painted gates and doors, the walk on the beach road which was only for pedestrians in that time of the day, structures, statues, symbols, parks, museums - I could keep walking all day. You could stop by for a bite here, a chai there and enjoy a beautiful day out.

Villa Pondicherry

Statue of Marquis Dupleix, Governor

Abner.C

Avenue

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Sunday Fish Market

On the last day while heading out to Chennai I dropped in at this beautiful place - Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Art Research which is a contemporary theatre research and repertory company. 

PWD Office

Ambedkar Manimandapam

Aurobindo Ashram Press

Martyr's Memorial (I think)

Statue of Gandhiji

Conceived and grown by Veenapani Chawla, a pioneer in experimental theatre in India, it started in Bombay in 1981 and moved to Pondicherry in 2000-07 period. It conducts research, workshops and seminars. 

Customs House

Memorial 

Puducherry Museum

My friend Nimmi Raphael lives there with her husband Vinay who is the creative head and the main man behind the force. I dropped in for 1 short bit to say Hi to Nimmi who was kind enough to take a break from her rehearsal to meet me and also said hi to Vinay who told me he was in the Ranji Trophy probables for Kerala when he chose theatre over cricket. We decided to continue our conversation on cricket the next time we meet.

Museum

Interesting structure in the park

Police Museum

Statue

Notre Dame Des Anges

Adishakti entrance

I would have loved to see the museums but they were closed at that hour. Later hopefully. Back to Chennai and then to Hyderabad.