I Explored Pondicherry for a Week and Discovered its Hidden History

Help support my journey of creating meaningful travel films! https://buymeacoffee.com/siddharthajoshi Pondicherry, or Puducherry, is a city where time seems to flow in many directions at once. On one hand, you’ll find pastel-colored French villas, tree-lined boulevards, and cafés serving croissants and café au lait. On the other, the heartbeat of Tamil culture thrives — with bustling markets, temple rituals, filter coffee, and fragrant jasmine flowers at every corner. In this video, I take you on a journey through Pondicherry’s many layers. We begin at Arikamedu, once a thriving port where Roman ships arrived more than 2,000 years ago, reminding us that Pondicherry’s story is far older than its colonial past. Then we walk through the Black town and White Town, and explore their history, food, architecture and more. 00:00 Introduction 00:29 History of Pondicherry 02:32 Exploring Arikamedu 04:50 Exploring Black Town in Pondicherry 07:08 Temples of Pondicherry 11:12 Kuthba Palli 13:0