Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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Finding locally crafted products should not have been too difficult in Puducherry, or so I believed, and began my search at the Sunday market on Nehru Street, expecting it to be lined with artisans selling handmade wares. Instead, the stalls were heaped with synthetic garments and plastic toys.…
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Puducherry is often famously spotlighted for its town-wide celebration of Bastille Day, yet its festive landscape extends far beyond this well-known commemoration. Across the year, the city’s calendar marks a range of popular celebrations by local communities. Many of these draw on larger…
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The colonial town of Puducherry has been home to some of India's greatest poets, spiritual seekers, and visionaries, especially during British rule. It possesses the rare virtue of being both a political refuge and a spiritual haven for several luminaries who, on their part, were both freedom…
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It was on a sweltering, humid June afternoon in 2023 that we disembarked from our bus outside the Seaside Guest House in Pondicherry. Our journey from the Chennai airport to the majestic, sand-scrubbed forms of the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram felt akin to time travel. Driving along the East…
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