Devotional & Spiritual
Manakula Vinayagar Temple
A Ganesha temple that predates the French, with 40 gold-covered panels inside and a resident temple elephant most days.
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A restored heritage house with a courtyard restaurant, well located in White Town.
14, Suffren Street
A Ganesha temple that predates the French, with 40 gold-covered panels inside and a resident temple elephant most days.
A grid of colonial-era streets between the canal and the sea, painted mustard and white, with bougainvillea over every wall.
The ashram founded in 1926, centred on the flower-covered samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in a quiet courtyard.
A 1.2 km sea wall and promenade closed to vehicles every evening, with the Gandhi statue, the old lighthouse and the pier.
CGH Earth's colonial-style hotel in White Town with a rooftop pool.