Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
Loading…Status: 10:00-17:00, closed Mondays and national holidays
Small government museum in Bharathi Park with Arikamedu Roman finds, Chola and Pallava sculpture, bronzes and French colonial objects.
The museum near Bharathi Park displays finds from the Roman-era trading port of Arikamedu, Chola and Pallava sculptures and burial urns from Puducherry and Karaikal, bronzes and temple lamps, and French-era furniture, arms, a palanquin and a pousse-pousse. There are also Tanjore and glass paintings and a collection of shells from local beaches.
Within 1 km of Pondicherry Museum.
Park in Puducherry.
Old Ganesha temple near the seafront, older than the French settlement, with a gold chariot taken out at Dussehra.
Park in Puducherry.
About 1.2 km rocky seafront along Goubert Avenue, from the War Memorial to Dupleix Park, lined with statues and heritage buildings.
29 m lighthouse of 1835 on Goubert Avenue, decommissioned in 1979; seen from the Promenade.
Memorial on Goubert Avenue to soldiers of French India who died in the First World War, lit up on 14 July.
Spiritual community founded in 1926 holding the white marble Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
1735 mansion of the diarist and courtier of Governor Dupleix, mixing Tamil and French styles.
India's flagship museum on Janpath, covering roughly 5,000 years of art and archaeology, from the Harappan period to the decorative arts.
Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic landmark in Ram Niwas Garden with art, crafts and an Egyptian mummy.
ASI museum holding the Lion Capital of Ashoka, India's national emblem; closed Fridays.
Free museum at Palam Air Force Station with historic military aircraft, weapons, uniforms and photographs tracing the history of the Indian Air Force.
Open-air railway museum in Chanakyapuri with vintage locomotives and saloons, the Patiala monorail and toy-train rides. Popular with families.
India's post-independence war memorial beside India Gate: concentric 'chakra' rings around an eternal flame, with busts of all 21 Param Vir Chakra recipients.
Museum complex inside the President's Estate covering Rashtrapati Bhavan's history and India's Presidents. Visits are by pre-booked time slot only.
Museum of Indian folk, tribal and courtly crafts at Pragati Maidan, with a village complex, live artisan demonstrations and Cafe Lota.