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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.
