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Fair and Festival of Pondicherry
Fairs & Festivals of
Pondicherry
Almost every month, there is an import fair or a festival in Pondicherry.
Some are religious in nature, others cultural and spiritual and still
others, purely gourmet! Some of the main fairs and festivals are :
January
Organized by the Development of tourism, Pondicherry, every year during
January 4th - 7 th, this festival attracts yoga enthusiasts, both novices
and experts, from all over the world.
Pongal Festival This festival of Tamilnadu, is also celebrated with
great enthusiasm in Pondicherry. It is celebrated as a thanksgiving after
the harvest season.
March: Masimagam
Festival
Celebrating during the full moon around mid - March, deities of sixty-four
temples from in and around Pondicherry are brought to the beach for a
sanctimonious sea bath. Thousands come to witness and participate in this
festival.
May: Villianur
Temple car Festival
Around the middle of May, the exact date depending on the appearance of the
full mon, the decorated car of the thirukamemswarara kukilambal temple is
taken out in a procession to pulled by hundreds of devotees.
July: Bastille
Day
On July 14, the bastille day, Pondicherry witnesses and indo - French
pageantry. Dolling their uniforms, war Veterans march through the streets
singing Marseillaise. More interestingly, the French flag can be seen flying
along side the Indian flag on many Housetops.
August: French
Food festival
Gourmet, a food festival to celebrate the great French cuisine is organized
by Tourism department every August. Virampattinam Car Festival This is the
grand car festival of Pondicherry when the decorated temple car is pulled in
a procession, with the Lieutenant governor participating in the ritual.
Birth
Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo
August 15, the birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, is a holy day in Sir
Aurobindo Ashram. On this day, thousands of people from all over the world
come to the ashram to pay their homage to the great sage, poet and
philosopher of the twentieth century and also visit his personnel quarters.
Fete De Pondicherry
During august 15-17, the department of celebrates a cultural pageant,
coinciding with the liberation day and the Independence Day celebrated by
the department of Art & Culture and the south zone cultural Centre.
Leading artists in classical and folk arts from all over India, participate
in this event.
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