The Coloured world of Tamil Nadu

One of the foremost popular museums in Pondicherry, the Puducherry museum may be a storehouse of an exquisite collection of artifacts and remainders, which belong to Chola and Pallava dynasties. While the lobby contains several stone-craved statues, in the courtyard of the museum, there are fossilized trunks of ancient trees. On the ground floor, there are models of modes of transportation that were used in this region in the old times. Bronze statues of Gods and Goddesses are also a part of the collection.
There is a wonderful collection of church relics, handicrafts and coins here. The museum also houses a separate section for shells and fossils. There is also an excellent gallery containing sculptures as well as the remains of archaeological findings from the Arikamedu Roman settlement. Another section has the history and legendary French colonial information. Also find an exquisite collection of temple lamps, and other pieces of art and craft.
The painting section of the Puducherry Museum has colonial prints, glass and Tanjore paintings also as contemporary works in colors, pastels, and oils.

Le Palais Du governor now called the Raj Nivas is situated surrounded by the Rue Nehru on the North, Rue De Rangapoule on the South and Rue Saint Louis on the East and Rue Francois Martin on the West with access from the north and south. The Governor’s House has a history of its own. Pierre Benoît Dumas, the French Governor for Pondicherry, laid the inspiration for a Governor’s palace in 1738 but the palace had to attend for the arrival of Joseph François Dupleix to see its completion. When Jean Law de Lauriston took over Pondicherry in 1765 the town was completely in ruins. Within a brief span of three years an entire urban area sprang abreast of the ruins of the old - the Governor’s Palace and therefore the administration offices on the north, the warehouses on the south, the military barracks on the east and west.

French War Memorial on Goubert Avenue is located in French Quarter (White Town). It was built in 1971 to commemorate the brave soldiers who laid down their lives during First World War.
The memorial has four stark white columns with a life-size statue of a soldier leaning on a rifle. On the memorial there is an inscription that says, 'Aux combattants des Indes Francoises morts pour la patrie, 1914-1918' which means French fighters of India who died for their country in 1914-1918.
The memorial may be a popular tourist attraction in Pondicherry. There is alittle garden built round the monument. The Memorial is beautifully illuminated on the Bastille Day which is widely known on 14th July.

This church, one of the 21 basilicas in India, may be a famous pilgrimage for roman catholic Christians and thought of one among the simplest places to go to in Pondicherry.It was built in 1908 by French missionaries. The sacred heart Basilica, a 100- years- old structure represents Gothic . It is 50 meters long, 48 meters wide and 18 meters high. Inside the church, there are 28 glass paintings which are a depiction of the life of Christ and saints of the church. The church features a huge area on the outside too.