April in Pondicherry

Easter

First Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox of March 21. Easter 2026 falls on April 5. Easter 2027 falls on March 28.

Easter in Pondicherry is the most French-inflected Christian festival in India: midnight masses in three grand colonial churches, a 'Way of …

Tamil New Year (Puthandu)

April 13 or April 14 each year

The Tamil New Year begins not with fireworks but with a tray of mangoes, bananas, jackfruit, flowers, and a mirror: the first thing you are …