Sunday, September 21, 2014

PONDISHERI - MIRACLE IN INDIA

Pondisheri - a coastal town in Tamil Nadu, three hours away from CHENAJ, became famous because it served as the setting for the book and film "rhymes life."
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Just a day after the film was directed by Ang Lee picked up four Oscars, local authorities Pondišerija decided to develop all 18 sites in the city where the movie was filmed in a real tourist attraction.

Although there are no official data on how many tourists visit every this city, to the effect that the growth is inevitable.

Pondišeri is a true rarity - a French enclave on the Indian coast.

Although the French have gone for more than half a century, "Le Pondi" still has a specific identity that is a function of three different world.
 
France's colonial enclaves
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Ravikiran Rao / Flickr.com
Many scenes were filmed in Pondišeriju include affecting coastal colonial district where elegant facades and the avenue mainly belonging to the French who have one foot in India and another in France.

Here you will instead hear the engine sound and the song of birds able to visit of wonderful little restaurants and unusual boutiques.

The most famous former villas, hotels have become L'Orient, Villa Helena Hotel du Parc.

Botanical garden, where the singing of the parents in the film had a zoo, are also gadgets French.

Here you can see the giant African mahogany, high intertwined branches of the sacred fig tree and fire džakarande.

Tamil

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travelmeasia / Flickr.com
The colonial district is divided channel that is more draining than continuous flow. As soon as you cross it you will feel that life is accelerating, especially along the "main artery" of the city Rue Jawagarlal Nehru.
The streets are narrow, and each of the terraces colorful houses you can see their residents to enjoy the conversation.
Occasionally you may see herds of goats as a reminder that the village is very close. One less the happy among them were referred to the Grand Bazaar (Grand Bazaar) where selling fruit, fish and flowers and where he filmed himself Pi, that follows the girl of his dreams.
Zone Meditation
Ravikiran Rao / Flickr.com
Ravikiran Rao / Flickr.com
The third and last part Pondišerija its northern part, which preserves the spirituality of its citizens.

Ashram of Auroville (City of Dawn) dating back to the French colonization when it was established as a place where it is possible to contemplate themselves as part of the cosmos.

There is also a multinational "experimental municipality" where you can see a large number of foreigners on motorbikes, since cars are not allowed to go this way.

There are about 300 people, but many are visiting him, and sometimes even up to 12,000 visitors a day. However, you will have the feeling that here the government crowd, since the Auroville spacious and includes as many as 14 farms.

All who come to visit a center for meditation of whom the most famous Matrimandir, temple of the mother, the great golden globe that looks like it's from another planet. Here you can enter, if you make a commitment that you will spend there at least a few days.

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