| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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The Rathas are a collection of models of temple carts (raths) each carved from a single block of rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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The rathas are a 7th century group of temples representing the oldest Tamil architecture.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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This elaborately carved temple is one of the Rathas.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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A Ratha with a smooth roof.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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The Rathas are based on Hindu temple carts and are carved from single pieces of rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
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Carved temple with interior.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Carved elephant.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Carved nandi (Shiva's bull).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Carved grooming monkeys.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Visitors to the shore temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Raya Gopuram
|
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The Raya Gopuram is a later temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Raya Gopuram
|
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Raya Gopuram is unfinished and made up of stone blocks, some carved.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Raya Gopuram
|
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Detail of carving of a figure.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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The Olakkannesvara Temple is at the top of a hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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The Shri Dharmaraja Cave Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Bathing tank full of water lillies.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Funeral puja (prayer).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Typical Tamil temple by the coast.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Cafe.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Advert poster for Limca, a locally made fizzy drink.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Young girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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A stone carving village close to the temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Stone carvers for temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Lush scenery near the coast at Mahabalipuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
|
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Lush farmland.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Tirukkalikundram is a small town dominated by soaring gopurams.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Parvati Shrine
|
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The Vedagiriswarar Temple is in two parts. The lower complex is a shrine to Shiva's consort, Parvati.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Parvati Shrine
|
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Gopuram of the Parvati shrine dominating the village.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Hilltop Shiva Shrine
|
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The upper shrine is on a hilltop and is dedicated to Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Hilltop Shiva Shrine
|
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The hilltop shrine is reached by a steep flight of steps.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Hilltop Shiva Shrine
|
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Pilgrims being carried up to the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Hilltop Shiva Shrine
|
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Priest feeding an eagle. This is an almost daily occurrance at the hilltop shrine (1989).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
Site / Event : Hilltop Shiva Shrine
|
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The eagles are believed to be incarnations of former gurus.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Tamil pilgrim.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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A group of pilgrims from Rajasthan.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Two men from Rajasthan.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Three Rajasthani women.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Rajput man.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Woman in yellow.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Three Rajput men with their colourful turbans.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Women and children.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Two men looking across the landscape.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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A group of pilgrims.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
District : Vedagiriswarar Temple
|
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Woman resting.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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View of the village of Tirukkalikundram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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The village bathing tank is enormous.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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View of a rocky outcrop in the middle of the village.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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A weavers' cooperative.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Weavers.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Widow and family members with the flower covered body of her husband.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Dead man wrapped in flowers with coins on his eyes ready for cremation.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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A group of children.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Home made spinning wheels.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Man dancing.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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A school teacher and his class.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Hotel room sign.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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One of Tamil Nadu's political parties has a male chicken as its symbol. Picture symbols are used because of illiteracy (in 1989).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Countryside near Tirrukkalikundram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tirukkalikundram
|
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Rural scene near Tirukkalikundram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Pondicherry is built on the site of a 2000 year old Roman trading post. It was a French colony until 1951.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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The entrance to the Raj Navas, formerly the Governor's palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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A statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Pondicherry has many French buildings and a Mediterranian ambiance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Lighthouse and customs house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Classical French building.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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French World War II memorial.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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The Church of Our Lady of Angels is one of many Catholic churches in the enclave.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Street scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Young begger.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Wooden doors.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who was one of the founders of modern India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Richshaw.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Warning sign in Tamil and English.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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French buildings in Pondicherry, an enclave surrounded by Tamil Nadu but governed as a separate union territory.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Street in the old city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Sama Koil is built over a Shiva shrine.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Houses with a tree in flower.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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Bharathi Park is a pleasant green space in the centre of the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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The park is the main square.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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View of the park.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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Tamil women in the square.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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Police wear French style red tepis (hats).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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Three men.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Bharathi Park
|
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Coconut seller.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Busy main road.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Shops and bicycles in the city centre.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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Catholic nuns walking past a French style church.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Tropical village just outside the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Local transport.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Traditional village houses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Family of weavers near Pondicherry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Rural scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Round houses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
Site / Event : Village
|
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Small house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Auroville is an international ashram (commune) outside Pondicherry. The ashram was founded in 1968 and covers an area of 20 square km.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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This urn contains the soil of 147 countries.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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The Matrimandir (Meditation Hall).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Auroville is composed of a number of settlements each specialising in a different activity.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Wind technology and biogas.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Pottery workshop.
|
1989 |
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