Pondicherry was a surprise visit and totally unexpected! me and family were in chennai for a cousins wedding and found ourselves having a day free for ourselves....after toying with various options...we decided to head towards Pondy...a city i had only heard abt from my best friend who had this insane affection towards it...he was born there so i assumed he has a natural affliction towards the place...boy! was i proved wrong and how????
we reached the city arnd 4PM on a rainy day ( not the best season) and i was amazed to find the entire city bordered by the sea...that to me seemed like the coolest place to be in (prior to the Tsunami!!!) and i badly wanted tos tay in a sea facing accomodation....we found some but almost all of them had a bar attached....this bought the place as a choice a big notch down....my uncle's common sense ideas won out and we ended up staying in Saravana Bhavan-like hotel....with good south Indian meals....the day we reached we hooked to the net to find the atractions....we already knew you shudnt miss Auroville....but we wanted more...
there were very that we found ourselves to be interested in and one of them was the ashram in the city which we visited after a yummy idli/vada breakfast...it was a peaceful place with a lot of volunteers....the ashram is a place u'll want to go for some ur "think" time.....
after lunch....we headed out for the Auroville....we were informed that the place has a golden big ball that is actually an auditorium in the making...but for me the most spectacular thing was the urn that contained all the world's sands...thus mixing us all and conveying the TRUE message of mankind....its a revered spot for me....legend has it that when the World convention was held....the representatives from all the countries of the world where invited with a caveat....that they bring a bit of soil/sand from their motherland.....which they did and all of it rests in the big urn just outside the amphitheatre at Auroville...its a long walk...in the sun...but if you want peace....and experience oneness with the world...u'll see it here....
given a choice i'll visit the city every single year....and have been waiting to go back there.....
we reached the city arnd 4PM on a rainy day ( not the best season) and i was amazed to find the entire city bordered by the sea...that to me seemed like the coolest place to be in (prior to the Tsunami!!!) and i badly wanted tos tay in a sea facing accomodation....we found some but almost all of them had a bar attached....this bought the place as a choice a big notch down....my uncle's common sense ideas won out and we ended up staying in Saravana Bhavan-like hotel....with good south Indian meals....the day we reached we hooked to the net to find the atractions....we already knew you shudnt miss Auroville....but we wanted more...
there were very that we found ourselves to be interested in and one of them was the ashram in the city which we visited after a yummy idli/vada breakfast...it was a peaceful place with a lot of volunteers....the ashram is a place u'll want to go for some ur "think" time.....
after lunch....we headed out for the Auroville....we were informed that the place has a golden big ball that is actually an auditorium in the making...but for me the most spectacular thing was the urn that contained all the world's sands...thus mixing us all and conveying the TRUE message of mankind....its a revered spot for me....legend has it that when the World convention was held....the representatives from all the countries of the world where invited with a caveat....that they bring a bit of soil/sand from their motherland.....which they did and all of it rests in the big urn just outside the amphitheatre at Auroville...its a long walk...in the sun...but if you want peace....and experience oneness with the world...u'll see it here....
given a choice i'll visit the city every single year....and have been waiting to go back there.....
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