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Workation in Pondicherry: the essentials
France held Pondicherry until the 1950s, and the White Town still has French street names, mustard-coloured villas and a seafront promenade along the Bay of Bengal. Across the canal, the Tamil quarter is busier. Officially Puducherry, the city is the capital of a small Union Territory, bordered on land by Tamil Nadu. The Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville, just to the north, have drawn an international community for decades, and there is some coworking. The town shore is lined with rocks, so swimmers head to beaches further north. April to June is very hot. Pondicherry Airport, about 6 km away, has few flights and most people arrive via Chennai.
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Pondicherry has a small but growing coworking scene, plus spaces in nearby Auroville. Prices are low; power cuts happen, though many spaces run generators. Internet can be flaky during the monsoon.
Spaces come from OpenStreetMap (10 km radius); prices are AI estimates for typical offers in town – please check with the provider before booking. As of September 2026.
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