Gandhi Jayanti weekend
long-weekend2026-10-02 – 2026-10-04
Pondicherry
Friday holiday. Last push before the northeast monsoon peaks.
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Diwali
festival2026-11-07 – 2026-11-10
Pondicherry
Family travel into Pondy despite leftover monsoon humidity.
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Karthigai Deepam
festival2026-11-23 – 2026-11-24
Pondicherry
Temple-town spillover; Auroville quieter than Tamil Town.
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Christmas week
holiday2026-12-20 – 2026-12-27
Pondicherry
Family travel and city lights.
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New Year week
holiday2026-12-28 – 2027-01-03
Pondicherry
Absolute peak. Protect rate; 3–4 night minimum.
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International Yoga Festival
festival2027-01-04 – 2027-01-07
Pondicherry
Ashram and Auroville workshop wave.
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Pongal
festival2027-01-14 – 2027-01-17
Pondicherry
Four-day harvest weekend. Chennai drive-in is the bulk.
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Republic Day
holiday2027-01-26
Pondicherry
Tuesday holiday — weaker than a long weekend.
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Valentine’s weekend
local2027-02-13 – 2027-02-14
Pondicherry
White Town boutique rooms, couples dining.
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Auroville Birthday spillover
local2027-02-27 – 2027-03-01
Pondicherry
Serenity and Kuilapalayam catch overflow.
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Holi
festival2027-03-26 – 2027-03-28
Pondicherry
Weekend Holi — modest coastal lift.
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Baaram
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Jury Award at the Pondicherry International Film Festival , 2019, and the Best Feature Film award at the South Asian Film Festival , Montreal, 2021. Baaram
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Karaikal
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populated town in the Union Territory after Pondicherry . Located on the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal in South India , it is situated at the center of a coastal
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Muthialpet
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Festival ". Retrieved 9 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Soora Samhaaram Festival ". The Hindu. Chennai, India .
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Open Air Theater
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OpenStreetMap theatre in Pondicherry. Open the booker to see current shows.
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Pondicherry
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Pondicherry , officially known as Puducherry, is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India . The city is in the Puducherry
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Pondicherry International Film Festival
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The Pondicherry International Film Festival (PIFF) is a film festival for international independent films. It was started in 2017 by the streaming platform
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Puducherry (union territory)
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(also known as Poudouchéry in French or historically as Pondicherry ) is a union territory of India , consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts
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Raghunath Manet
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2023, Raghunath received the "Kalaimamani Award" from the Government of Pondicherry . Raghunath Manet has acted in several films: Noni, le fruit de l'espoir
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Saibal Chatterjee
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variety of international film festivals . He was the festival director of the 2019 Pondicherry International Film Festival . Chatterjee started his career
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Surfing in India
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the festival also includes music performances, art exhibitions , food stalls, and other activities that celebrate the surfing culture. The festival has
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Yanam
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transfer (Vāstavikāntaraṇa) of the four enclaves of Pondicherry , Yanam, Mahé, and Karikal to India was achieved. The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru,
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