Mmodzi mwa Union Territories of India, Puducherry ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja Kumwera kwa India. Omwe kale amadziwika kuti Pondicherry ndi tawuni, yomwe inali m'nkhani posachedwapa chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwake. Bwanamkubwa, Kiran Bedi. Chennai ndi gawoli ndi mtunda wa 152 km kuchokera kwa wina ndi mnzake, zomwe zimalola kuti zikhalidwe ndi zikhalidwe zakuderali zisakanizike. Idapangidwa mu 1962, ndi madera anayi omwe kale anali ankhondo aku France ndi olamulira.
Chikhalidwe ndi machitidwe amderali amaphatikizidwa ndi chikhalidwe cha Chifalansa, malo awo ndi njira zoyendetsera zakale, maulalo osiyanasiyana, tsatanetsatane wa masamba obiriwira, mipata, mapangidwe akale akale, magombe okongola, mitundu ndi miyambo yachipembedzo nthawi zina. Malo omwe mzindawu ulili ndi odziwika bwino komanso okhazikika, kukopa alendo osiyanasiyana kuti achite malonda ndi zosangalatsa. Ulendo, malo osangalalira, malo odyera, malo ogona komanso kukongola kowoneka bwino kumapangitsa zochitika zosiyanasiyana.
