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Churches in Pondicherry
Pondicherry Regions - Pondicherry’s Churches play an instrumental role in helping Pondicherry retain its essential European flavor.
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The 17 th and the 18 th century, in Indian history, are characterized by French missionary zeal which saw the mushrooming of a number of churches.
Pondicherry Regions - The Eglise de Sacre Couer de Jesus, located in the south boulevard is one of the most popular churches in Pondicherry.
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Pondicherry’s Churches serves as a distinctive landmark and stands out as an oriental specimen of Gothic architectural splendor. It is made famous by the rare and
exquisite designed stained glass panels. Thepanels portray the major events in the life of Lord Jesus
in Pondicherry’s Churches.
Pondicherry Regions- The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception or Notre Dame de la Conception can be traced back to three centuries. The Church to Our Lady of Angels is notable for an oil painting that was presented by Napoleon III. Just outside Pondicherry lies a replica of the Basilica at Lourdes.
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More than 350 temples dot the region in and around Pondicherry; some, built by the Cholas, date back to the 10th and 12th centuries. The most celebrated are the 18th century Veda Puriswarar Temple, the Manakulavinayagar Temple, the Panchanadeeswarar Temple at Thiruvandarkoil, with its 10th century sculptures, and the 12th century Sri Gokilambal Thirukameswarar Temple, which is considered architecturally the finest, and is located at Villiyanur.
Around mid-May each year, on the day of the full moon, Villiyanur celebrates the Car festival when the gaily decorated temple car, towering over 15m high, is drawn by hundreds of devotees and taken out in a procession around the town.
Holy Places in Pondicherry is well known for its gorgeous churches and intricate temples and ashrams.
French missionary ardor in the 17th and 18th centuries saw a number of impressive churches built here.
Temples and churches form an integral part of the ethos of Pondicherry. The striking thing during a visit is that people worshipping in churches or temples or those paying homage at a dargah, do so in complete harmony! The most significant of the important churches is the terracotta-and-white painted Eglise De Sacre Coeur De Jesus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is famous for its gothic architecture and rare and beautiful stained glass panels depicting the life of Christ. The other notable churches are the Eglise De Notre Dame de la Immaculate Conception and the Eglise De Notre Dame des Anges in Pondicherry, as well as the Eglise De Notre Dame de Lourdes in Villiyanur, 9 km from Pondicherry.
The Tamil poet-patriot Subramanya Bharathi, popularly known as Bharathiyar, came to Pondicherry in 1908, a fugitive from British India, like Sri Aurobindo (who came two years later). He wrote some of his finest patriotic and romantic compositions here. Another great Tamil poet, Kanakasubburatnam, whose works compare with Bharathi's in patriotic fervour, was born in Pondicherry. He assumed the name Bharathidasan, meaning 'the disciple of Bharathi'. The houses of both these highly revered poets, converted to the Bharathi and Bharatidasan Memorial Museums, are visited in large numbers by the people of Tamil Nadu.
The Eglise de Sacre Coeur de Jesus, located on the south boulevard, stands out as an oriental example of Gothic grandeur.
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