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29 m lighthouse of 1835 on Goubert Avenue, decommissioned in 1979; seen from the Promenade.
Foundations were laid by engineer Louis Guerre in 1835 and the light began working in July 1836 once the lamp arrived from France. Electric lamps came in 1913; the tower was shut down in 1979 and now stands as a landmark about 50 m from the Gandhi statue.
Within 1 km of Old Lighthouse Puducherry.
Park in Puducherry.
Small government museum in Bharathi Park with Arikamedu Roman finds, Chola and Pallava sculpture, bronzes and French colonial objects.
Old Ganesha temple near the seafront, older than the French settlement, with a gold chariot taken out at Dussehra.
Park in Puducherry.
Memorial on Goubert Avenue to soldiers of French India who died in the First World War, lit up on 14 July.
About 1.2 km rocky seafront along Goubert Avenue, from the War Memorial to Dupleix Park, lined with statues and heritage buildings.
Spiritual community founded in 1926 holding the white marble Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Small doll museum on Goubert Avenue with about 120 dolls in regional costumes from across India.
About 800-hectare wetland on the Puducherry-Tamil Nadu border with over 190 bird species and boating.
lake in India
Church of 1736 in Mahe, described as among the oldest in Malabar.
Church built in 1846 by French missionaries with furnishings brought from France.