Jan 8, 2023

Pondicherry snapshots

We traveled to Pondicherry, the French beach town of India to end the year 2022. The last time I had been to Pondy was almost two and a half decades ago when I was doing my Masters. Then it was a quite town that still retained its French connections and looked colorful and Mediterranean in architecture and lifestyle. But today it has lost some of its charm with an exploded population, traffic congestion and  messy tourists. 


War memorial

The Mahatma Gandhi statue

Light house

The Government Museum building was  in a sorry state...a big disappointment for the visitors.


Cotton candy seller by the sea

Colors of Pondy


Our lady of Angels Church


Mudhaliar kuppam beach behind our resort...a quiet beach with no tourists


 
Javvu mittai - a gummy sugar candy seller...a rare sight these days.

Nithila enjoying the quite beach behind our resort







14 comments:

  1. It may be messy and filled with tourists but I'd never know that by these beautiful photos. You truly captured a lovely spot that looks delightful to visit. I'm sorry it has so changed but somehow you managed to find what matters.

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  2. Great snapshots ~ beautiful place ~ despite the tourists ~ true of my town too ~ but you captured the true beauty ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
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  3. Beautiful place and you captured its essence despite the tourism ~ lovely snapshots ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)
    ps. somehow your comment went in spam folder on my blog and got deleted ~ sigh

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  4. Looks nice, too bad it has been overrun with crowds

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  5. Such a beautiful little town!

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  6. You captured the beauty of the place. Lots of tourists do put a blemish on places, we have them in the summer.

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  7. It looks really lovely. I hope you had a great trip.

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  8. The bird boxes are very cool.

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  9. Lovely captures! Sad that excessive commercialization has spoilt the beauty of Pondy.

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  10. Fun photos and memories. I'm always wondering when we are out in the traffic what the other people are doing? Why don't they go home! Love seeing these photos.

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  11. I liked glimpse of Pondicherry !
    Yes growing population and traffic rising of buildings spoils genuine beauty of place.
    Second last shot is my favourite

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  12. By your photos, this looks like a lovely place. I would like to go inside the church with the stained glass windows.

    ~Sheri

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