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Puducherry to host four-day beach festival from April 13 to woo tourists

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The Union territory of Puducherry is set to host ‘I Sea Pondy 2022, ’a four-day beach festival, from April 13 to April 16. The festival will be organised across four venues – Gandhi Statue Beach Promenade, Chunnambar Water Sports Complex, Pondy Marina and Paradise beach.

Tourism Minister K Lakshminarayanan said the festival will comprise stage shows and performances, water sports activities, western and classical music programmes, silambam, thappatam, puppet show, catamaran race, kite flying, fashion show, volleyball tournament, and exhibitions, among others.

A seafood festival will be held as part of the event on April 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Addressing the reporters, the minister said Puducherry is one of the finest tourism destinations in the country and people from neighbouring states such as Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh flock to Puducherry on weekends.

“To attract more tourists, we planned to host this beach festival from April 13 to April 16. The Puducherry governor, chief minister, and other ministers will participate in the event,” he said.