Pondicherry located in Tamil Nadu is an exception in Indian territory. In the former French colony, the city’s culture has been shaped by many influences. Dupleix, governor-general of the French establishment with Indian cooperation managed to establish a flourishing trading post. However, this success aroused envy and a war between the English and French broke out to find out which country would be in control of Pondicherry. Nowadays, 5000 inhabitants have French nationality and a clear inheritance can be seen in architecture, religion and language.
Catholicism and Hinduism are peacefully coexisting, and it’s common to believe in several gods. From the sandalwood to Lakshmi, the elephant who keeps Ganesh’s temple, everything reminds us that Indian traditions remain essential.
This documentary was produced by Eclectic and directed by Patrick de Carolis, Jean-Luc ORABONA and Saleha Gherdone. It was first released in 2014.
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The school which you see at the beginning of the video has since been demolished.
Great sound and camerawork ! 🤗
Maintenance needed for the building
GREAT work ❤
Lots of factual and historical errors.
We bought it, we own it 💙🤍❤🇨🇵😻
In 1962, five thousand Pondicherrians chose to be French nationals, in 2014 this number had not changed. How come ?
I thought the French had long lost their territory to the jealous British.
People remained speaking French …..?
Sad news Lakshmi elephant is dead
Absolutely shit documentary doesn't even partly cover the French part of Pondicherry history !!
My home town ❤
"You can use only the middle finger"😂 Ganesh God😊
Oh grt Pondicherry….fishing.
Very good work on the subject. Thanks.
Ahhh the sweet old Pondi
I wonder it's the only good documentary on French legacy in India.
Thanks for making this informative video.