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Dharmapuri (Puducherry)

Dharmapuri is a ward in Oulgaret Municipality of Pondicherry district in the Indian union territory of Puducherry.

The place

Dharmapuri is a ward in Oulgaret Municipality of Pondicherry district in the Indian union territory of Puducherry.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dharmapuri (Puducherry)

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Matrimandir

    The Matrimandir is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of integral yoga in the centre of Auroville, India established by Mirra Alfassa of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville's spiritual co-founder, known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère. It is called Soul of the City and situated in a large open space called "Paix".

    8.3 km · Spiritual Building in the centre of Auroville, India. · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry

    Immaculate Conception Cathedral is the cathedral mother church for the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. It is located in the Union territory of Puducherry.

    5.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Manakula Vinayagar Temple

    Manakula Vinayagar Temple is a Ganesha temple in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Dedicated to the god Ganesa, it is a popular pilgrimage site and tourist destination in Puducherry.

    6 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Meeran Mosque

    Meerapalli is a Sufi mosque in Pondicherry, in the union territory of Puducherry, India. It was constructed during the first quarter of the 18th century and is the oldest standing mosque in Pondicherry.

    5.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Aayi Mandapam

    Aayi Mandapam, also known as Park Monument, is a white monument in Pondicherry, India, built during the time of Napoleon III, Emperor of France. It is situated in the center of Bharati Park.

    6.1 km · park monument · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ousteri Lake

    Ousteri Lake is a lake shared between the union territory of Puducherry, and the state of Tamil Nadu. The spatial extend of the lake is almost equal in between the two states, and it is one of the largest tanks in the Puducherry region.

    4 km · lake in Puducherry, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    French War Memorial

    The French War Memorial in Puducherry, India is a war memorial dedicated to residents of French India who died for the country during the First World War. It is on Goubert Avenue in Puducherry, located opposite to the Gandhi statue.

    6.3 km · war memorial in Pondicherry, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Varadaraja Perumal Temple

    Varadaraja Perumal Perundevi Thayar Temple in Puducherry, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and Hindu goddess Lakshmi. It is located heritage town region of the city.

    5.6 km · ASI protected monument in Pondicherry · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine

    Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Villianur, Puducherry is a Catholic Marian shrine and a parish church in Villianur, Puducherry, India. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes.

    3.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Our Lady of Angels Church

    Our Lady of Angels Church is the fourth oldest church in Puducherry, a Union territory in South India. The original structure was built in Greco Roman architecture by Napoleon III in 1855, with the architect being Louis Guerre.

    6.2 km · church in Puducherry, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Dharmapuri (Puducherry)

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 124 km · Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 175 km · Tirupati (TIR), 190 km
Stations
Pondicherry Airport, 4.7 km · Pondicherry railway station, 5.6 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dharmapuri (Puducherry)

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dharmapuri (Puducherry). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAuto-rickshaws are available from outside the bus station.
  • Get inYou can also take a 30-minute auto rickshaw from the airport to the centre of town.
  • Get inThe rate for taking an auto rickshaw from within the airport complex to the city centre is about ₹150, as of Apr 2013.
  • Get aroundThere is a sparse network of buses and shared auto-rickshaws that can be ridden for ₹5-20 per ride depending on the distance.
  • Get aroundShared-auto-rickshaws can be found at the bus stand, along certain points on Bussy Road and Grand Canal - the most common route is from the bus stand, along Bussy Road, around Grand Canal, and then back up Bussy Road to the bus stand - but be sure to ask if the auto goes to your destination as not all autos will follow this route.

From Wikivoyage: Pondicherry, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

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  2. 02
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  5. 05
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    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

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Next door to Dharmapuri (Puducherry)

Dharmapuri (Puducherry) is 3 km from Gundupālaiyam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.