Why visit Gundupālaiyam
Townapedia lists 16 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 75 places to eat, 21 places to stay and 12 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Pondicherry lighthouse, Promenade Beach, Aayi Mandapam and Arikamedu.
Weather in Gundupālaiyam
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Things to do12
Pondicherry lighthouse
Lighthouse · 3.7 km
Former lighthouse in India
Museums and landmarks16
Arikamedu
Monument and historic site · 4.6 km
Still digging arikamedu
French War Memorial
Monument and historic site · 3.7 km
War memorial in Pondicherry, India
Puducherry Science Centre & Planetarium
Museum · 1.3 km
Children's Science Museum in Kurinji Nagar, Lawspet
Kavignar Puduvai Sivam
Monument and historic site · 1.9 km
Kamaraj Salai, Puducherry
4 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
1 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes75
Cakeadelic
Cafe · Ice Cream, Cake, Chocolate
49 Thilagar Nagar 4th cross, Puducherry
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
Dindigul Thalappakatti
Restaurant · Indian, Biryani · 2.0 km
108 Kamaraj Salai, Puducherry
PH,Mo-Su 11:00-01:00
Ungal Vasantha Bhavan
Restaurant · Regional · 1.2 km
ECR (Chennai Road), Lawspet, Puducherry
Mo-Su 08:00-22:00
French Paradise Bakery
Bakery · 1.0 km
Tindivanam Road, Puducherry
PH,Mo-Su 10:00-18:00+
Hotel Junior Kuppanna
Restaurant · 0.9 km
100 feet road, Ellaipillaichavady, Pondicherry
PH,Mo-Su 11:00
Suvai Virumbi Filter Coffee
Cafe · 1.8 km
ECR, Lawspet, Pondicherry.
PH,Mo-Su 05:00-10:00
Baskin-Robbins
Ice cream · Ice Cream · 1.4 km
110 Villupuram Pondicherry Nagapatinam, Puducherry
63 more on the map.
Where to stay21
Annamalai International
Motel and hotel · 1.1 km
Kamaraj Salai, Saram, Pondicherry
Churches and places of worship69
St. Andrews Church
Church · Roman Catholic · 1.5 km
Villupuram - Puducherry Saalai, Reddiarpalayam
Madras Pentecostal Assembly Church
Church · 2.4 km
2nd Cross Rainbow Nagar, Puducherry
Mudakku Mariamman Koil
Place of worship · Hindu · 2.3 km
Mudaku Maariyamman Kovil street, Puducherry
Shopping29
Thiru Sakthi Murugan Store
Shopping center · 1.3 km
Lawspet main road, Lawspet, Pondicherry
Sri Gajendhiraa electrical and hardware
Hardware store · 2.3 km
302 Vazhuthavur main road
Gas and EV charging15
Schools, colleges and libraries44
Vidya Niketan School
School · 0.6 km
38/3B 1st Main Road, Aruthra Nagar, Pondicherry
Healthcare80
Apollo Pharmacy
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.1 km
Villianur Main Road, Natesan Nagar, Puducherry
Clinique Sithavaram
Clinic and pharmacy
190 1st floor, Vazhuthavur road, Thilaspet
Kuppammal Memorial Clinic
Clinic and pharmacy · 2.3 km
30 Mudaku Maariyamman Kovil street, Puducherry
Aruna Clinical lab and x-ray
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.5 km
22 14th Cross, Avvai Nagar, Puducherry
Jyothi Ayurveda Vaidyasala Panchakarma Centre
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.2 km
11 7th Cross, Tagore Nagar
Vijay Diabetes, Thyroid & Endocrine Clinic
Clinic and pharmacy
12 1st cross, Saradambal Nagar, Pondicherry
Adisha Child Care Clinic
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.7 km
47 Brindavanam 3rd Cross Street, Puducherry
Map of Gundupālaiyam
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Getting there and nearby towns
Puducherry Airport (PNY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 3 km away.
- Puducherry 3 km east, about 3 min by car
- Kurumbapet 3 km west, about 3 min by car
- Kottaikuppam 5 km northeast, about 5 min by car
- Ariyānkuppam 5 km south, about 5 min by car
- Manaveli 6 km south, about 6 min by car
- Villianur 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
- Auroville 7 km north, about 7 min by car
- Koonimedu 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- Uppalavādi 20 km south, about 20 min by car
- Cuddalore 21 km south, about 21 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- New and old lighthouses - Pondichery, Dr. Ajay B. MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Beach Promenade at Pondicherry panorama, Sanyam Bahga, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Puducherry-Bharathi Park-Aayi Mandapam-WUS02289, Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arikamedu, Early Historic Site 03, Jayaseerlourdhuraj, CC BY-SA 3.0
- French War memorial, Rafimmedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Statue at Pondicherry Museum 10, Satdeep Gill, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Puducherry Sacred Heart Cathedral 2, BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Puducherry Immaculate Conception Cathedral 2, BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges - our Lady of Holy Angels - Pondicherry, Aravindaraja, CC BY-SA 3.0
- JIPMER admin block, Akk7a at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Andrews Church Reddiarpalayam Pondicherry Front View, Jayarathina, CC BY-SA 3.0
- JIPMER, Vtbijoy, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Puppy day, Maneekshaa, CC BY-SA 4.0
- CPIML2011 888, Indu, GFDL 1.2
- Pondy2011 887, Indu, GFDL 1.2
- Professor K. Neduncheliyan, Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hawai hibiscus, Prabhupuducherry, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hawai hibiscus 1, Prabhupuducherry, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chlorophytum comosum puducherry, Prabhupuducherry, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dypsis lutescens, Prabhupuducherry, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Asian grandfather (36119610724), Nithi Anand from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
- AISF2011 891, Indu, GFDL 1.2
- SMOKING ABSTRACT(EXPLORED 28-12-2014 ^273) - Flickr - Nithi clicks, Nithi Anand from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
- Closeup of a young Indian boy (16318785276), Nithi Anand from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (261), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (260), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (263), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (269), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (266), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (268), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (264), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (265), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry street views 2K22TNKAN (267), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pondicherry (8747031711), Aleksandr Zykov from Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pondicherry (8747032369), Aleksandr Zykov from Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- PRTC-JnNURM-bus-blue, Rsrikanth05, CC BY-SA 3.0
- PRTC-JnNURM-bus-white, Rsrikanth05, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yathumaagi, Yathumaagiweb, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old Building Pondicherry, Dr. Chinchu C., CC BY 4.0
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