Is Pondicherry (Puducherry), India's Prettiest Town? 🇮🇳

[@tupak5567]

India is really a great country, enjoy your time dear from Algeria ❤

[@Mr-Anuraj]

Love You dost India would have been Million times beautiful If Islamic looters didn't break our Temples ,Monastery, Universities and A lot of Thing If you watch Islamophobic India But that was the reason We were slaves On our own land 😢😢😢😢😅😅

[@nilaymallikk]

​@@Mr-Anuraj as Bangladeshi Hindu we are suffering these days too. Nothing change for us😢

[@wellytms4713]

@@Mr-AnurajYou don’t even know the history of your country. And you talk about rumors, what a shame

[@Mr-Anuraj]

@@wellytms4713 whats the history ??

[@Jsieowkwkakksj]

​@@wellytms4713well I think you need to learn your history lol

[@johnnici1573]

Jason, Your influence extends far beyond what you know. I have been following you from the beginning. I am 71 years old, and now, because of your excellent videos and the way you present them, I have decided to make my first trip to India. I may not have your energy, your knowledge, your daring or your tenacity, but within my limits, I think I will have a great time exploring some of the great sites in India. Thanks for creating a "can-do" feeling about traveling to a place like India. Your efforts are transformative. Best regards.

[@brianjewell6832]

I first travelled to India in 2012 ….last time was in 2019 as a 68 yo …would have been back but for Covid ! Intend going back as a 72 yo in sept/Oct…plenty of tours available if you want to travel with others ….

[@johnnici1573]

Thank you so much! That's very encouraging!

[@johnnici1573]

Thank you for your advice!😊

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thank you for the very kind words John. Best of luck with your trip!

[@vimalrajkappil]

​@@johnnici1573try to visit Kerala too

[@dennisdaniels2992]

Jason Billam, I think India has a distinctive culture, natural beauty, history and architecture as well!

[@rakeshkrishnan1099]

Now being destroyed by the right wing politics

[@Anuradha-xb5ox]

Beautiful Pondicherry ❤. Cheers from Mumbai India ♥️💙💜💚

[@patriciafuchs5970]

What a truly lovely town. It’s very lush, the church is stunning, the beach is stunning and I imagine the breeze is welcome. The temples were interesting. The atmosphere of the town seemed quieter than other Indian cities you featured.

[@paivitiitta1884]

what a beautiful colors of the houses , I did not imagine to find something like this in India !

[@sauravkumarchand9691]

The More Foreigners explore India, they gonna be witness many pleasant surprises. These are French Villas architecture because Once Pondicherry was under French Colonialism and hence Pondicherry City is known "Little France of India".

[@josejoseph8725]

Tamil areas are colourful and beautiful in India. Even temples in tamilnadu are very colourful.

[@pramrv]

Don't assume anything about India 😊. U have everything from coldest desert to tallest mountain to UNESCO sites to beaches to temples, ruins, big cities, culture, great food and everything

[@shreyaskumarrath721]

Everything in India has colours. Do you think we live black and white lives or what?

[@paivitiitta1884]

@@shreyaskumarrath721 of course not , I ment I love the pastel of the colors , I did not know about the french influence ,it was not ment as insult. I try to help the vlogger commenting but I'll stop here because obviously I find myself beeing missunderstood , this is the only vlog that viewers interprets my comments , Jason , safe travels , I'll be following in silence .

[@exDamascus]

So glad you made it to Pondicherry! My first time was in 1976 when I spent 3 months there and then I made another short visit in 1984. Nice to see some changes - In those days all the buildings were white. The best introduction to Sri Aurobindo is a book by Satprem called “Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness”.

[@sauravkumarchand9691]

Pondicherry City is one of the beautiful Cosmopolitan Coastal City of India with a fusion of French and Tamil Indian Architecture and Culture. In Pondicherry City you can taste Indian, French, Spanish, Italian and Vietnamese Cuisines. Here are bucket list destinations to explore in Pondicherry-(1) Paradise Beach (2) Serenity Beach (3) Promenade Beach (4) Veerampattinam Beach (5) Chunnambar Island (6) Bharati Government Park (7) Ousteri Lake (8) French War Memorial (9) Pondicherry Botanical Gardens. Cheers😊

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

For some reason it is never too crowded, I think because Goa and Kerala attracts most visitors.

[@sauravkumarchand9691]

@@marcstylish-st1lw That's true. Both Goa and Kerala States in India attract most visitors but there are many lesser known Beautiful European Architecture Coastal cities exist in India which not many foreign tourists are aware like Diu, Daman, Mahe and Tharangambadi. Check their tourist attraction videos available on You Tube.

[@ashas6396]

It is overcrowded now with lots of restaurants, bars and wine shops to attract the tourists, not to mention subsidiaire activities 😒

[@sauravkumarchand9691]

@@marcstylish-st1lw Pondicherry is quite popular destination in Southern Part of India yet quite under rated among foreign travelers who visit India.

[@sauravkumarchand9691]

@@ashas6396 Lol, false and fake information. On Contrary, Pondicherry is absolutely beautiful, organize and vibrant cosmopolitan City.

[@susanparker5765]

I was there about 16 years ago and loved it. Thank you for taking me back!

[@Mr-Anuraj]

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[@humlocker]

I been to Puerto Vallarta Mexico many times and I swear I though you where there because there is a strong similarity. The charm is the same, with colonial pastel colors, the small streets minus the cobblestone the climate then you said there is a sea or water close by and without knowing where you at, it all came together to me. Mexico coastal towns with a twist of French /India charm.

[@Dhivagar_Coumar]

I am from pondicherry and I visited Puerto Vallarta.I thought the same and quite surprised by the similarities!.

[@hilb3865]

Jason, I have watched very many of your travel videos and just want to praise you for your respectful attitude towards other countries and cultures. It's so nice for me to watch a fellow Brit being so very appreciative of foreign places. You are the best travel vlogger that I've seen so far. Your videos are extremely informative and I love your very modest style of presentation.You are a credit to your generation and your home country.

[@sharonjanethague7181]

Thank you for this video. The French quarter looked lovely, as did the "local" part of the city.

[@AryaYuyutsu42]

Loved this video. It's pretty cool to see my hometown through another lens. I even spotted my father by the Ashram, which was uniquely trippy. If you ever come back here, do give me a shout. :)

[@nandinisengupta9653]

Lovely video on my home city. Greetings from Pondicherry and thank you

[@anamariavarela1645]

Beautiful Puducherry! I loved the video!

[@bennyjoyson8384]

I've been to Chennai couple of times, but never to Pondicherry. Very informative video... loved it. 😊

[@derekbryce2632]

Wonderful video Jason. Should we expect a video from Madurai too? I’m off there in Oct and would like to hear your impressions.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I would’ve loved to have gone down there but ran out of time on the visa. Perhaps next time!

[@crazyproton3418]

Thank you for your visit. I hope you enjoyed.

[@csunil9963]

Nice vlog. Of course, the Union Territory of Puducherry (aka Pondicherry or Pondy) is very pretty with its treelined and well planned streets (rues) dotted with bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants and guest houses especially in the French Quarter. The church is magnificent qnd the Temples are really beautiful.

[@abhishekkj9664]

You have to visit Maharastra and gujarat, raani ki vaav and Ajanta Ellora caves. The best

[@mayankpal7555]

Both states are polluted and crowded yaar

[@soumyasekharsar1591]

@@mayankpal7555 gujrat not polluted

[@Mr-Anuraj]

​@@mayankpal7555 fact But we need to improve ourselves ❤❤ From Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@marinaabeach]

@@Mr-Anuraj curious what is nepali doing in a video abt pondicherry/TN wowwww

[@elnovato1741]

Beautiful. very nice. There is a place called Chidambaram. Chidambaram is close pondicherry - Did you happen to visit Chidambaram ?

[@99baburam]

Loved your video about Pondicherry. I am from there and now live in the US. Small correction, you siad Indian Ocean, Pondicherry's coast is Bay Of Bengal. Indian Ocean is at the tip of India. Thank you.

[@rewanthr]

Thanks for making an amazing video about my city. You see very knowledgeable about our history and I hope you had a really good time.

[@user-yt9yw6uf4m]

You must visit Munnar, Aleppy backwaters, Fort Kochi and Ooty ❤

[@IT-rj4gf]

As usual, your video is a MASTERPIECE Won't get tired of repeating this.

[@ajaved1037]

Going there as a student... Really excited!

[@dominikhohla9781]

Hi great video if you are in Pondy you should definitely come to Auroville I am living there (10km away) it's a fascinating place❤

[@mathieu8083]

Fantastique ! Merci à vous pour partager votre voyage en l'Inde avec nous !

[@danielvalenzuela9764]

Thank you Jason great coverage of the French Indian quarters and the other parts of Pondecherry. I liked the temples and thank you for showing all this on video to us. Good luck on your travel back and see you soon. I bet your going to Manila. Just guessing God bless

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Not a bad guess, but I was there fairly recently last year.

[@bunnyCheeti]

Awesome video thanks for sharing this❤

[@binflynn1]

Pondacherry is so different from the rest of India it looks beautiful very green 👍

[@arjunraj823]

If you are talking about greenary, many parts of India are lush and green. Also it has a European climate in the Himalayan states.

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

Pondi is clean and calm but I doubt it is developed to be a touristy place like Goa and Kerala.

[@shiningstone6771]

Actually the whole Tamil Nadu, South India is very green and covered with many forest. The land is more arable than any land in the world as South India is the land of spices. I don't know about North India since I don't live there

[@TVSCDN]

The French architecture of the buildings n cleanliness culture in Pondicherry is commendable🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊 Thanks for your commendable commentary🎉😊❤

[@Raj-yr9gt]

16:37 These are almost certainly brand new motorcycles, just purchased, that are being blessed by the priest before being unleashed on our roads… (since you were wondering…) 😊

[@suganthans3159]

Thanks for visiting India. I believe you had enjoyed our culture and customs and foods thoroughly. Have a great day and good day

[@dennisdaniels2992]

Jason Billam, you have been traveling around the world for years!

[@Mr-Anuraj]

In 1900s Europe😂😂

[@pushpasharma5591]

Beautiful vedio Thankyou so much jason

[@putul8963]

Good video. Just a small correction. The second temple you showed Kalatheeshwarar temple, more commonly known as Chetty Kovil. It is located in mission street while varadhararaja Perumal temple is in MG road.

[@Solenomads]

Love from Kerala, India ❤🙏🇮🇳💖

[@italogiardina8183]

Auroville the community is definitely worth the visit if in Pondicherry for those interested in Hindu reformation movements of the 20th century.

[@Jpkjr52]

Thanks again Enjoying India John in Chicago

[@nielsrosink5051]

Good video Jason, very nice!

[@rjeckardt8863]

Sri Aurobindo's story is awesome and exceptionally interesting. One of the many things he did was to help free India from British rule. He was one of the most important intellects of his time and he and the mother did endless greatness for India and the people. The mother is even more revered than Sri Aurobindo.

[@venkatganapathy8024]

are you Eckardt Tolle ? i dont think so as you mentioned RJ

[@rjeckardt8863]

@@venkatganapathy8024 Eckhart Tolle spells his name completely differently than mine.

[@mansryback6668]

Nice video! What month did you film this and what was the weather like?

[@kippsguitar6539]

Great stuff lad, on my list en route back to Thailand

[@vijayghunowa183]

Incroyable indian très belle ville 🏙 bonne journée 🙏

[@masanamuthu6940]

தமிழ்நாடு பாண்டிச்சேரி பார்ப்பதற்கு அழகான இடம்❤️

[@MrYabber]

Breathtaking.

[@economics-for-beginners3583]

What is the name of the cafe? Is it located on the beach road?

[@zunairbirds3984]

❤❤❤❤ nice sharing ❤❤❤❤❤

[@pjkslc]

Well done! I hope you go to BHUTAN next!

[@andoylanggid]

Pondicherrians are proud of their heritage!!!!

[@shahulhusman]

That's where I was born and where most of my family still lives. I need to take my daughter there next year.

[@amlanbhattacharjee9028]

India is so big and diverse, i cant believe how can a single country posses so many geographical, cultural, religious variations..

[@killermachine6454]

Ask your Brahmins and Vedas for distinction and differentiation policy instead of integration

[@arjunraj823]

Sad to hear that you won't be visiting Kerala. ❤️

[@dennisdaniels2992]

Jason, you said you're a full time British traveler vlog?

[@VELS436]

Pondicherry is my favourite city...its famous city for tax free liquor 🥃 & beaches ...

[@rjeckardt8863]

The birds were giving mass in the church. Nice. ~

[@mummy5490]

You didn't even visited kerala, it's too different and very relaxing...You need to come back again to visit south India again..not even telangana and andhra pradesh which is south of India too.. West and centra lnIndia is completely different too.. The world best beaches of andaman and nicober islands..so many things man..i hope you renew your visa nd again come back again

[@guddetiHariPremKumarreddy]

yes , andhra itself is two different provinces combined(rayalaseema - the deccan deser and caostal andhra)

[@mummy5490]

​@@guddetiHariPremKumarreddy andhra pradesh politicians should make andhra as foreign tourist place..it has some very great beaches nd temple..still very few foreigners visit the..i hope andhra politicians come to their senses

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I’m sure I’ll come back to many times in the future. I skipped Kerala this time because I didn’t want to rush it.

[@mummy5490]

@@JasonBillamTravel kerala is beautifull..nd munnar is 10 degree now..very cool

[@maxskilgaming2664]

Love from jodhpur rajasthan❤❤❤❤🇮🇳❤❤❤❤

[@philjiful]

Outside the temple in Pondicherry the priest with lamp and flowers blessed vehicles especially new vehicles.

[@LOMASH29]

Probably yes in cleanness.jeson bro...visit North India too...do you test samosa paani poori or dosa.

[@anitacohen8753]

My friend in Australia was very keen to return to India. He got plenty of warnings here. In the end he had a house built in Pondicherry. His wife and daughter refused to move back to India. He went back himself, found that his relatives had occupied his new house and refused to move out. The Indian legal system goes on forever so he was left homeless.

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

Even Rahul Gandhi

[@sanjoe7265]

Its not safe in india

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

@@sanjoe7265 Well it is safe for 1.5 billion people, the most unsafe place today is Western world.

[@lyamorian767]

That was lovely

[@mummy5490]

You visited north and south...even in south you didn't visited kerala... So can you visit west India too? It's too different with it's culture... India is huge

[@Zhi_Dia]

Am from chennai even I want to shift to pondicherry permanently ❤

[@Shinojkk-p5f]

💗 from Thalassery, kerala 💚

[@paddyseamair6336]

Pondichéry!Duplex !

[@55jhjhjkjk]

how is eurovision living in India.....?

[@chockalingamalagappan1693]

The man is doing a prayer to new vehicles .So that they have safe riding with it .Its a belief in Hinduism to do such auspicious Pooja

[@Yogawithpoojaa]

Hows the weather there?

[@princeali2555]

It reminds me of New Orleans in USA

[@Shinojkk-p5f]

Near my home part of Pondicherry called Mahe (9squre kilometer)

[@parkash9999]

Amazing video.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Cheers!

[@yourDad0007]

Bro visit Ladakh with bike and visit Andaman Islands you will be amazed I would say best places on earth It's not Just because I am Indian,you can see Karl rock video for better understanding

[@speedy_monsters4188]

Understandably you loved Puducherry the most. No surprises there. But if you didn't find the Indianness of India alluring enough, I say there's no point coming back here. But if you still do come back, maybe you did find something here afterall...something mysterious and powerful enough to draw you in!! Safe travels to you! ❤ - a proud Indian

[@aono335]

At what point in the Video did you come to the moronic conclusion that he didn't finde "Indianness" (whatever that means since India is so diverse in evry way) allerdings enough. You clearly have slme warped idea of how someone should view the country. Your pride reeks of insecurity.

[@aono335]

Alluring*

[@QED_]

- a condescending Indian

[@saragracie5554]

Where are you originally from? Love your accent!!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Cambridge, UK

[@suethompson6497]

@@JasonBillamTravelAs a fellow Cambridge resident, I have to tell you that if you are interested in Hinduism, then just go to Tiruvanamalai and Sri Ramana Ashram. You can stay there for free for a couple of days. There are lots of English speakers there who can explain everything to you. Sri Aurobindo met with Sri Ramana Maharishi at one time. 🙏.

[@venkatganapathy8024]

Sri Aurobindo, the Greatest Yogi the mankind will ever have. He is the Absolute born as human being or rather he as human being reached the pinnacle of ABsolute. The Mother is the energy form of that Yogi.

[@uthayakumar05]

My grappa Home❤ atymulam tihruivengadaan family French colony

[@xaviercastagnet344]

Thank you for this visit of Pondicherry, your videos are amazing!

[@kalain8970]

I guess you are perspiring a lot due to humidity. Hope you hydrated yourself adequately on this trip 😊

[@yeshua2]

My home town

[@josejoseph8725]

Visit Thanjavur bro🙂 unesco heritage temple.

[@goostrey4210]

Is that park where they filmed the zoo in Life of Pi?

[@abevar]

No, Life of pi was filmed in the botanical garden which is close to the railway station. This park which is shown here is Bharti park which is close to Romain Rolland library and facing the rock beach or promenade.

[@sunnykanttiwari]

Yes it is

[@grubgram]

This is Pi Patels home town

[@sohailiqbalsiddiqui1954]

What a coincidence I was in Pondicherry at the same time 🙌

[@gopalsr9480]

Tabliq karne gya tha kya... Jihadi

[@Mr-Anuraj]

​@@gopalsr9480 yesa mat bolo dost 😢😢

[@mytravelsandevents5039]

Where is that?

[@soumyasekharsar1591]

Southern part of India

[@maxmillward5166]

Get down to Auroville

[@kirtigupta9753]

No, it's not because there are quite a few more picturesque than Puducherry. Udaipur, Munnar, Shillong, Dharmashala, Goa, Vishakapatnam, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Leh etc are fee of the cities which are better than Puducherry.

[@darmachocalingum1251]

I guest your next destination would be Malaysia ????????????

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Very close ;)

[@silvergrill1800]

We need the french back in Pondicherry

[@ashas6396]

Your video is very interesting, but you have shown only the touristic part of the city that is 5/100 . Puducherry is exclusively a tamilian town and the black town after the "Grand Canal” is the other face of Puducherry, the real city . It is very popular , overcrowded , with intensif traffic and not at all clean !

[@kandiahsivathasan3809]

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[@marcstylish-st1lw]

Pondicherry is great town but Jason pls reserve the prettiest place in India sobriquet till you see Pune and some other cities. I visited Pune around 12 years back and it was magical.

[@ashokkumarethiraj6337]

Welcome to my city

[@SK-xw4gu]

Hi Jason: Nice video of Pondicherry. You should get a longer term visa so you can travel to all parts of the country. The priest outside on the street was blessing the new vehicles (two wheelers), I think. Indians do a car puja (for cars or any new vehicle) so that the owner gets to enjoy the new vehicle without any accidents.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I think I’m going to look into the longer term visa for next time. 30 days just isn’t enough.

[@abbasalichinikamwalla7958]

👏👏👏👌👌👌👍👍👍🌹☺️

[@timallison8560]

i thought i was reading online that most people can stay 5 months. very strange.

[@arjunraj823]

5 year visa now.

[@robertbl7500]

Hi 👋 Simply 👍😊🙂🤗✌️!!

[@jaysphere7519]

Except for the architecture everything else is very Indian.