ART AND CULTURE

TOURIST DESTINATIONS

o Chunambar boat house

o Manakular vinyagar temple
o Pondycherry museum
o Aurobindo Ashram

MAJOR FESTIVALS

o Masi magam Festival

o Veerampattinam car festival
o Fete-de-pondicherry
o Cart festival
 YELLOW AND WHITE PAINT WAS USED TO
FOLLOW FRENCH STYLE

COMMERCIAL ART FORMS

o POTTERY
o HANDICRAFTS
o PAINTING
DVF

ART FORMS
o Karagam
o Kavadi
o Kaliastan
o Maskarath
o Silambam
o Pambai & udakai
o Theru kuthu
o Villu pattu
o Kodai kowther
o Folk songs
o Mohini attam
o Instrumental mixed music
o Puppet show
o Mallar kambam(mashe layants)
o Thapattam
o Gumipattu
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR ART

OVERNMENT OF PUDHUCHERRY DEPARTMENT OF

ART AND CULTURE.
 Honouring the Senior Scholars in Tamil, Malayalam and
Telugu languages with Tamilmamani, Malayala Ratna and
Telugu Ratna Awards with cash award.
 Conferring of “Puduvai Kalaimamani Award” for
outstanding scholars and Artistes in the field of Literature,
Music, Drama, Dance, Drawing and Folk art.
 Grant of Fellowship assistance to students who are
undertaking the research works on the life of poets
Bharathiar, Bharathidasan and Savarirayalu Nayakar.
 Honouring Kamban Pugazh Literary Award for the best
publication of poetic anthology, essays, small stories,
novels and dramas in Tamil language, and Nehru Literary
Award for the best Children’s Literary books published in
Tamil and Tholkappiar Award to the best research.
 Financial Assistance of Rs.1000/- to indigent artists per
month who are distinguished in the field of literature, visual
arts and folk arts.
 Grant of financial assistance to various voluntary cultural
organizations/institutions for construction of buildings and
also for conducting literary functions, festival, conferences
and exhibition.
 Financial Assistance of Rs.1500/- per month to the Tamil
Scholars.
 Grant of Financial Assistance to writers of Union Territory
of Puducherry to publish their books and research
materials.
 Financial assistance of Rs.1000/- per month to the
awardees of Tamilmamani, Puduvai Kalaimamani,
Malayala Ratna, Telugu Ratna.
 Improvements and expansion of Puducherry Archives and
Museum for preservation of past records from 1954 and
other monuments of historical importance.
 Opening of Kamarajar Reading Room for the benefit of the
public.
 Conduct of Open Air Cultural Programmes .
 Release of Grant-in-aid to Bharathiar Palkalai Koodam
(BPK) and Puducherry Institute of Linguistic & Culture
(PILC) for its overall development.
 Release of Grant-in-aid to M/s. INTACH for protection of
architectural heritage in the U.T. of Puducherry.
 Conducting of various literary/cultural programmes in
connection with celebration of Birth/Death Anniversaries
of Bharathiar, Bharathidasan, Vanidasan, Puduvai Sivam,
Tamil Oli, Sankaradoss Swamigal, .R. Ranganathan, V.
Subbaiah and Saraswathi Subbaiah etc.
 Conducting of Thiruvalluvar Vizha on Thiruvalluvar day.
 Conducting of the mega festival “Fete-de-Pondicherry”
every year with participation of outstation artists/local
artists in order to exchange their cultural activities in
collaboration with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur.
  Setting up of a permanent Museum at Kizhour for the
commemoration of Independence of Pondicherry from
French Government.
 Conducting of weekly cultural programmes on every
Sunday throughout the year to promote theupcoming young
artistes.
 Conducting Book Fair in most befitting manner so as to
cultivate reading habit among the reading public.

HERITAGE BUILDINGS LIST