The webinar titled 'Pondicherry’s French Quarter: French Connections' highlighted specifically about the French quarter of Pondicherry, the erstwhile town of Pondicherry, its quaint neighbourhood by the sea with many lovely heritage buildings.

THE MINISTRY of Tourism organises 10th session of 'DekhoApnaDesh' webinar series which beautifully showcased French Heritage of the South Indian coastal city Puducherry. The webinar titled 'Pondicherry’s French Quarter: French Connections' highlighted specifically about the French quarter of Pondicherry, the erstwhile town of Pondicherry, its quaint neighbourhood by the sea with many lovely heritage buildings.

The participants of the webinar were introduced to the History of Pondicherry, the typical French architecture and landmark buildings, parks, memorials, promenades and stories relating to the French occupation of the province, its viceroys, wars with the British and the time spent by the revolutionary Tamil Poet SubramaniBharathi and his works during his stay in Pondicherry.

Maintaining a balance between the rich past and vibrant present, Puducherry is one of the must go holiday destination today. With its rich reflection of the French culture amalgamated with the intrinsically South Indian features, Pondicherry is a wonderful place to visit to learn as well as unwind.

The participants of the webinar were not only from India but also from across the world. One of the participants Ramkumar, GM- CIM Global from Singapore commented, “Today's DekhoApnaDesh webinar literally took you on a virtual journey of Puducherry with the presenters from StoryTrails literally weaving tales of the past and present to bring together a visual tapestry. Personally, it was a homecoming to the city I spent two wonderful years in and triggered so many memories. Thank you, Ministry of Tourism for this wonderful and innovative series. Looking forward to many more.”

The webinar was presented by team from Storytrails, an organisation that conducts unique walking tours in Puducherry.

Nagsri Prasad Sashidhar, Chief Happiness Officer, NAGSRI commented, “It was absolutely mesmerizing, to say the least. The ladies from story trails were outstanding. Just hearing them today brought to light so many aspects of this quaint place that I had no clue about in spite of having visited the place. Well done and thanks for educating us about our gorgeous and rich Country.”

The sessions of webinars are now available on the youtube and also on all social media handles of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.