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Promenade Beach, known as Pondicherry Beach and also as the Rocky
Beach by the locals is a popular stretch of Beachfront in the city of
Pondicherry along the Bay of Bengal. The Promenade is a 1.5 Km long Beach Road.
On one side of this road lies the Sea and on the other side there are many
important French time buildings and landmarks.
The Promenade is the focal point of Pondicherry and the most
important tourist attraction in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. This road
is closed for vehicular traffic from 6pm to 6am in the morning; when you can
see many walkers and in the evening the eateries are a big attraction among
locals and tourists.
Some of the most prominent landmarks along the Promenade are the French
War Memorial for the French soldiers who laid down their lives in World Wars,
the 4-metre tall Mahatma Gandhi Statue which is surrounded by eight granite
pillars, the 2.88-metre tall statue of Dupleix in the Dupleix park, the marble
statue of the heroic French damsel Joan of Arc, Church of Our Lady of the
Angels, the adjacent White Town – which is like a typical French Town, the old
Lighthouse, the old Customs office and Le
Café the old Port office and now a popular waterfront café. And there are a
number other heritage properties, Hotels and Restaurants along this Beach Road.
You can see attached; our photographs at
these landmarks.
The Sunrise and Moonrise are extremely beautiful here and our
walks along the beach which you can see in the attached video will always be
remembered by us. Several years ago when
I visited Pondicherry a number of times the sandy beach along the Beach Road
was accessible but now due to coastal erosion it has become a man made rocky
beach; to avoid further erosion of the beach. Yet the entire stretch looks extremely
beautiful even now, perhaps much more awesome than before.
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