| French dreams of an Indian
Empire began and ended in Pondicherry. But in the scattered territories of the
Union Territory of Pondicherry there remains what little there is left of the French
influence in India. The Union Territory of Pondicherry comprises of 4 coastal regions viz-
Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe
and Yanam . Mahe
is situated on the West Coast in Kerala on the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea,
Pondicherry and Karaikal are on the East Coast in Tamil Nadu and Yanam in Andra Pradesh.
Mahe is about
630 kms (approx. 394 miles) from Pondicherry by road, 704
kms (approx. 440 miles) from Chennai ( Madras ) by rail and located
on the West Coast in Kerala.
Mahe is bounded on the
south-west by the Arabian sea, on the north by river Ponniyar (Moolakadavu) and on the
other sides by a stretch of calcareous hills of medium height which are linked to the
ghats by a series of wooded hillocks.
Total area of the region is 9 sq.kms.
The region headquarters is located at Mahe
Languages and Religion:
Main languages spoken in the region are
Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. |