Bharathi Park, a landscaped garden at the heart of Puducherry's French Quarter, is centred on a decorative aindou-columned monument and surrounded by some of the town's most significant colonial-era government buildings…
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Introduction
Bharathi Park, a landscaped garden at the heart of Puducherry's French Quarter, is centred on a decorative aindou-columned monument and surrounded by some of the town's most significant colonial-era government buildings, including the old French administrative offices. The park's central location and pleasant, shaded walking paths make it a natural stop for visitors exploring White Town on foot.
Named after the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, who lived in Puducherry during a period of political exile, the park adds a further layer of Tamil literary and independence-movement history to the surrounding French colonial architecture.
History
The park is named in honour of Subramania Bharati, a significant Tamil poet and independence activist who took refuge in Puducherry — then under French rather than British administration — during a period when he was a wanted man under British colonial law.
