Puducherry

The Gratitude Heritage Homestay in Puducherry is a heritage stay that offers travellers a chance to experience the authenticity of the city.

Puducherry-based Dr Brahmanand and Hardie Mohanty built a fully solar-powered house, complete with energy-efficient appliances, to reduce their carbon footprint and live a sustainable lifestyle.

Meet Alice Thomas, a social worker from Puducherry who has spent 32 years funding the education of over 150 children from tribal and marginalised communities.

Meet Alice Thomas, a social worker from Puducherry who has spent 32 years funding the education of over 150 children from tribal and marginalised communities and helping them find jobs as paramedical staff, teachers, engineers, and more through her NGO Udhavi Karangal.

Puducherry art teacher V Umapathy turns waste like leaves, roots, husk, vegetables, etc into intricate pieces of art, and has inspired several students to not only follow suit, but also pursue a career in art.

Planning a trip to Auroville? Here's a list of the best homestays in Puducherry for that budget-friendly vacation.

M Madhavan, a 28-year-old Malayali student from Mahe, was probably the only native-born Indian to be executed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime in a concentration camp during World War 2. Here's the fascinating story of this forgotten Indian hero.

In the water-stressed district of Puducherry, IAS officer Dr T Arun developed Neer Padhivu, a mobile app through which he launched a water conservation project to revive lakes, ponds and canals.

From growing a mini forest of over 3000 trees to building a rainwater harvesting pit that can store 1.2 million litres of water, Puducherry's Sasikanta Dash has set a stunning example of civic action.

If you are a Chennai resident, you could consider travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic to these five locations in and around the state, in a safe and sanitised manner.