Pondicherry People

The Union Territory of Pondicherry has a richly cosmopolitan culture. Pondicherry people speak French and English, along with Tamil. Some of the schools in Pondicherry use French as the medium of communication. An interesting fact about the people of Pondicherry is that half the population in the region hold dual citizenship of both French and Indian. People of different cast, religion, creed, origin live here happily and enjoy all the festivals together. The people of Pondicherry are easy and happy going. The people celebrate the festivals like Pongal, International Yoga Festival in January, Maasi Magam in the month of March, Maangani Festival in July, Bastille Day on 14 July with great festivity.

Pondicherry is one of the major educational centers of India and has some renowned institutions like Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Pondicherry Medical, Vinayak Mission's Medical College, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry Engineering College, Bharathiar College of Engineering and Technology, Sri Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Engineering ans Technology, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College. As a result education and learning is very much in the culture of the people who are engaged in education and research.

Since Pondicherry was influenced by French, the influence of French culture is evident on the architecture, cuisine and lifestyle of the people of Pondicherry. Leather, woodcraft, pottery, metalcraft are some of the popular handicrafts in which the people of Pondicherry are engaged.