Kanathur Trip Overview
Enhance your experience of Pondicherry on an enriching full-day excursion from Chennai, The city is a pleasant, calm & relaxed seaside town with a unique Franco-Tamil culture. See the city’s grand architecture, and enjoy its delicious food items, gentle sea breeze and peace of life. Also visit to Arouville an experimental township in South India under the wing of the UNESCO.
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Duration: 12 to 15 hours
Starts: Kanathur, India
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kanathur, Tamil Nadu, India
Enhance your experience of Pondicherry on an enriching full-day excursion from Chennai, The city is a pleasant, calm & relaxed seaside town with a unique Franco-Tamil culture. See the city’s grand architecture, and enjoy its delicious food items, gentle sea breeze and peace of life. Also visit to Arouville an experimental township in South India under the wing of the UNESCO.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Auroville, Auroville, Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu
Explore Arouville an experimental township in South India under the wing of the UNESCO.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Matrimandir Rd., Auroville India
Matrimandir (prior booking required – if you want get into inside of Martimandir), a futuristic, spherical temple covered in gold discs. Auroville Botanical Gardens protects the region’s tropical dry evergreen forest.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple, Manakula Vinyanagar, Pondicherry India
Visit an ancient temple was constructed three centuries ago and still stands in all its magnificent glory.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Seaside Promenade, Pondicherry 605001 India
Admire the colonial architecture and historic landmarks as you stroll along Seaside Promenade in the former French territory of Pondicherry,
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Rock Beach, White Town, Pondicherry 605001 India
Walk around at the rock beach overlooking Bay of Bengal
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mahatma Gandhi Road Sacred Heart Square, Pondicherry 605001 India
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus an oriental specimen of Gothic architecture. It contains rare stained glass panels depicting events from the life of Christ and saints of the Catholic Church
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rue de la Marine, Pondicherry India
Sri Aurobindo Ashram which consists of an interconnected block of houses, including those in which Sri Aurobindo and the Mother lived for most of their lives. At its centre, in a tree-shaded courtyard, lies the Samadhi, a white marble shrine where their bodies are laid to rest.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges, Rue Dumas White Town, Puducherry, Pondicherry 605001 India
Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges – The original structure was built in Greco Roman architecture by Napolean III in 1855, with the architect being Louis Guerre. It is the only church that offers mass in three languages namely French, Tamil and English.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pondicherry Museum, Rue Romain Rolland, Pondicherry 605001 India
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Duration: 20 minutes