Puducherry

The state of Pondicherry is one of the seven Union Territories of India. According to legend, Pondicherry was known by the name Vedapuri and this place is also believed to be the abode of the revered sage Saint Agasthya. Pondicherry came under the rule of the French in 1673 and since then it became the site for the battle between the British and the French. Pondicherry remained as the capital of French India for about 300 years, before it attained its independence in 1954. This coastal town retains a number of Colonial buildings, Monuments and Statue’s like Gandhi Statue, French War Memorial, Aayi Mandapam. Sri Aurobindo Ashram founded in 1926 by Sri Aurobindo Ghose, an Indian freedom fighter.