One late morning we passed the
Pondicherry beach while letting us ahead to Point Calimere in Nagai District;
the beach looked deserted during that day of the time last March. Guess it was
a weekday, and being sunny no one were left around and the way it looked (neat
and clean) impressed to shoot few shots. This was the beach shaken up during
the Thane cyclone that struck couple of months early to our visit then, seems
taken a quick recovery to our surprise and it looked even better than our early
visits.
My first time to the Pondicherry
beach was at the beginning of this millennium and that time it was only rocks
left behind the corridor platform and we could enjoy the drizzle splashed by
waves while sitting on the platform. Now the beach was extended into the sea, creating
a corridor on the seawall to keep away the erosion and building some sand area for
beach visitors. This was my third time in the beach to just pass unlike early
spending some time, the beach left quite with no sound of splashing waves and
sight of some sea birds at distance.
The Promenade beach, as popularly
known as Pondicherry beach on the Beach Road is one of the main boulevard of
the city, where one could find heritage buildings and offices of the Union
Govt. including the State Secretariat.
The beach extends for 1.5 km along the shore, has the statue of the
father of the nation – Mahatma Gandhi – is the center of attraction. The four-meter tall statue was beautifully
adorned by eight granite pillars, surrounding a shrine like shelter.
Being close to the old harbor,
the beach holds a pretty sight of the pier extended into the bay. And the old
lighthouse on the beach lane, opposite to the Mahatma Gandhi statue is a
wonderful old tower installed by French East India Company in year 1836. This
old lighthouse was the first modern lighthouse on the Coromandel Coast, served
the mariners for almost a century and half before proudly become a monument
under the Union Territory Administration – a fitting tribute to its valuable
services.
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| The old lighthouse |
Pondicherry beach is yet another place that I must visit. I definitely need to see India someday!
ReplyDeleteglad they are maintaining erosion control measures and the like, but it is kind of sad to not have access down to the shore to feel the spray of the waves any more.
ReplyDeleteLooks clean and neat
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos
ReplyDeleteWow! nice shots of the place. I was there during the night.
ReplyDeleteNice shots!
ReplyDeleteI have visited this beach a couple of times, and it was here that I first found all those rocks instead of sand in a beach! The first pic shows how neatly the beach is being maintained. Good.
ReplyDeleteDestination Infinity
looks so cool, serene and beautiful...in our part of the country its till freezing cold now.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures of the beach and the old lighthouse. I love lighthouses --and if I didn't collect photos of waterfalls, I'd probably be traveling around to collect photos of lighthouses. They just fascinate me!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat recovery since the storm... Thanks for sharing.
Betsy
You bring us the very best - may you continue to go far and wide and bring us more and more!
ReplyDeletelooking nice beach. The city also carrying memories of French colonial rules.
ReplyDeletethanks jeevan
You had a beautiful day to see this beach. I'm glad it has recovered from the cyclone. I really like that old lighthouse.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots! Clean Road too :)
ReplyDeleteThis one place is on my list to visit as I have seen this place in movies and now here...its just tempting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing this place to us
Cheers
Dawn
This one place is on my list to visit as I have seen this place in movies and now here...its just tempting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing this place to us
Cheers
Dawn