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Monument Attractions In Pondicherry

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Puducherry , formerly known as Pondicherry , is a union territory of India. It was formed out of four exclaves of former French India, namely Pondichéry , Karikal , Mahé and Yanaon . It is named after the largest district, Puducherry. Historically known as Pondicherry , the territory changed its official name to Puducherry on 20 September 2006.Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian Peninsula. The areas of Puducherry district and Karaikal district are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu, while Yanam district and Mahé district are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively. Puducherry is the 29th most populous and the th...
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Monument Attractions In Pondicherry

  • 2. Park Monument (Aayi Mandapam) Pondicherry Pondicherry
    Aayi Mandapam is a white monument in Pondicherry, India built during the time of Napoleon III, Emperor of France. It is situated in center of Bharathi park. The monument commemorates the provision of water to the French city during his reign. It was named after a lady courtesan called Ayi. She destroyed her own house to erect a water reservoir to supply water for the city.
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  • 6. Saint Joan of Arc Statue Pondicherry Pondicherry
    Mother Teresa, known in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta , was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje , then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Macedonia for eighteen years she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life. In 1950 Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation which had over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's- and family-counselling programmes; orphanages, and schools. Members, who take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, also profess a fourth vow: to ...
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