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 INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage is a nationwide NGO set up in 1984 to protect and coserve India's natural and cultural heritage. In pondicherry Intach works on the architectural heritage.
Permanent exhibition in their office (a beautiful house) and visits of Pondy on demand. They also publish books about their projects.
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www.intach.org
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Sri Aurobindo ashram : you can spend time there during visiting hours and for darshans
Rue de la Marine
www.sriaurobindoashram.org |
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Fort d' Alambara (30km) on the road to Mamallapuram, 3 km inland |
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Mamallapuram orMahabalipuram, 100 km north of Pondy, famous for its temples and its stome carvings.
For lunch, you can stop at Moorakers or Nautilus. |
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Eagles temple or Tirukkalikundram, 14 km east from Mamallapuram |
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Crocodile farm on the road to Chennai (between Mamallapuram and Chennai) |
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Dakshina Chitra and its village of traditional houses from different parts of India (between Mamallapuram and Chennai) |
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Kanchipuram famous for its silk and temple - 130 km |
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Gingee Fort (75 km) |
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Tiruvannamalai and its Arunachaleshvara Temple and Ramana Maharshi ashram - 2h30 from Pondy north west (105 km) |
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Tranqubar and the Danish Fort - 3h south from Pondy |
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Tanjore for bronze and the magnificent Brihadishvara Temple - 3h30 from Pondy south (170 km) |
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Chidambaram and its Nataraja Temple - 75 km |
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Trichy and its tobacco factory |
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Swimimalai and the bronze workers |
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A week end in Mamallapuram, stay at Sea Breeze Hotel with is swimming-pool, budget or at GRT Temple Bay, upmarket.
www.nivalink.com/seabreeze/
(4114) 243035
www.grttemplebay.com/
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Tranquebar and its surroundings,
Naggor and its mosque,
Valankkani and its cathedral, and stay at the Bungalow on the beach (see accomodation)
www.neemranahotels.com |
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Elephant Valley
Farm-hotel
Kodaikanal
When the heat becomes unbearable in Pondy, that's the place to go
www.elephantvalley.com |
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India's international phone code is 0091 and Pondichery's code is 0413,
from abroad : 0091413+number |
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