← Festivals
November in Pondicherry
Liberation Day
November 1 each year
On November 1, 1954, the French tricolour was lowered over Pondicherry and the Indian flag raised for the first time. Liberation Day marks t…
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Karthigai Deepam
Full moon of the Tamil month of Karthigai, when the moon occupies the Krittika (Pleiades) nakshatra. Typically late November to mid-December.
On the night of Karthigai Deepam, homes across Pondicherry are lined with rows of agal vilakku, small clay oil lamps. The streets of the Tam…
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