Pondicherry || Paris of the East || The City of Dawn

Puducherry formerly rendered Pondicherry is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu, with which it shares most of its culture, heritage, and language.

The history of Pondicherry is recorded only after the arrival of Dutch, Portuguese, British, and French traders. The topography of Pondicherry is the same as that of coastal Tamil Nadu. Pondicherry's average elevation is at sea level, and a number of sea inlets, referred to as "backwaters" can be found. the seawall consists of rows of granite boulders which are reinforced every year in an attempt to stop erosion.

The majority speak Tamil in Pondicherry. There is a community of French people and a number of French institutions such as the consulate of France in Pondicherry, the French Institute of Pondicherry, and L'Alliance française.

While the sea is a draw for tourists, Pondicherry no longer has the sandy beaches that once graced its coastline.[citation needed] The breakwater to the harbor and other hard structures constructed on the shore caused extreme coastal erosion and the sand from Pondicherry's Promenade Beach was permitted to disappear entirely. As a result of the city's seawall and groin construction, the beaches further up the coast to the north have also been lost. An enormous deposition of sand has accrued to the south of the harbor breakwater, but this is not a commodious beach and is not easily accessible.

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