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Children enjoying the beach in Pondicherry. |
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Pondicherry is a small but fascinating city in Tamil Nadu that was a French colony and the influence can be still be seen. Pondicherry is in the South Eastern part of India on the Bay of Bengal South West of Chennai. It consists of four former French coastal settlements whose administration was transfered
to India in 1954. Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) 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, Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry).
In September 2006, the territory changed its official name from Pondicherry to the Puducherry, which means "New Colony" in the Tamil language. Puducherry have four small unconnected districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, and Yanam on the Bay of Bengal and Mahé on the Arabian Sea. Puducherry and Karaikal are by far the larger ones, and are both enclaves of Tamil Nadu. Yanam and Mahé are enclaves of Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala respectively. Languages spoken include Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, English, and French.
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