Uzhavarkarai
Uzhavarkarai is a city, a municipality and a taluk in Puducherry district in the union territory of Puducherry.
Uzhavarkarai is a city, a municipality and a taluk in Puducherry district in the union territory of Puducherry. The enclaves of Kalapet and Alankuppam are parts of Uzhavarkarai municipality. Uzhavarkarai is also the only sub-taluk (firka) in Uzhavarkarai Taluk of Pondicherry district.
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Worth seeing in and around Uzhavarkarai
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.
- 01Matrimandir
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".
9.6 km · Spiritual Building in the centre of Auroville, India. · Wikipedia - 02Immaculate 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 - 03Manakula 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 - 04Meeran 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.
5.6 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 05Aayi 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 - 06Ousteri 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.
4.9 km · lake in Puducherry, India · Wikipedia - 07French 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.
6.2 km · war memorial in Pondicherry, India · Wikipedia - 08Varadaraja 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.
5.8 km · ASI protected monument in Pondicherry · Wikipedia - 09Our 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.
2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Our 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.
6.1 km · church in Puducherry, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Uzhavarkarai
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 126 km · Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 174 km · Tirupati (TIR), 191 km
- Stations
- Pondicherry Airport, 5.7 km · Pondicherry railway station, 5.4 km
- Chennai → Uzhavarkarai138 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ₹1,080–1,350
- Tiruchirappalli → Uzhavarkarai174 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · ₹1,290–1,610
- Tirupati → Uzhavarkarai193 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ₹1,460–1,830
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Uzhavarkarai
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 Uzhavarkarai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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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Next door to Uzhavarkarai
Uzhavarkarai is 3 km from Gundupālaiyam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pondicherrycity in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India5.6 km
- Aurovilleexperimental universal township in South India8.7 km
- Puducherry districtdistrict in Puducherry, India5.6 km
- Sri Aurobindo Ashramspiritual community (ashram) located in Pondicherry, India6.1 km
- Kottakuppamhuman settlement in Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu, India9.9 km
- Kurumbapethuman settlement in India3.2 km