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Puducherry (Pondicherry)

Religious, Spiritual sights in Puducherry (Pondicherry)

  1. A

    Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple

    Don’t miss the chance to watch tourists, pilgrims and the curious get a head pat from the temple elephant who stands outside Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple, dedicated to Ganesh and tucked down a backstreet just south of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram; the temple also contains over 40 skilfully painted friezes.

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  2. B

    Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

    The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, completed in 1791, is a robin’s-egg-blue-and-cloud-white typically Jesuit edifice.

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  3. C

    Sacred Heart Church

    The brown-and-white grandiosity of the Sacred Heart Church is set off by stained glass and a Gothic sense of proportion.

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