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'''[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]''' formerly known as '''Pondicherry''' is a [[Union Territory]] of [[India]] formed out of four [[exclave]]s of former [[French India]] (being its capital, hence also known informally as Pondichéry) and named after the largest [[Puducherry district]]. <br />
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==Open places of worship==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! align="center" |Name<br />
! align="center" class="unsortable"|'''Image'''<br />
! align="center" class="unsortable"|Year built<br />
! align="center" |Location<br />
! align="center" |Denomination/<br />Affiliation<br />
! align="center" class="unsortable"|Notes<br />
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|Hallelujah Assembly of God Church<br />
|[[File:Hallelujah AG Church.jpg|alt=Hallelujah AG Church|thumb|Hallelujah AG Church]]<br />
|1979<br />
|Thennanjalai Road, Pondicherry - 13<br />
{{coord|11.9335092|79.81827420000002|name=Hallelujah A.G. Church, Thennanjalai Road, Puducherry, 605001}}<br />
|Pentecostal Church<br />
|Hallelujah Assembly of God Church is located at the heart of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, India. <br />
|-<br />
|[[Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pondicherry|Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]]<br />
|[[File:Puducherry_Sacred_Heart_Cathedral_2.JPG|100px|alt=]]<br />
|1907<br />
|Cardinal De Beausset Street<br>{{coord|11.92626|79.82704|name=Cardinal De Beausset Street}}<br />
|[[Roman Catholic]]<br />
|It contains rare stained glass panels depicting events from the life of Christ and saints of the Catholic Church. In recent years it has become one of the famous pilgrimage spots for Christians.<ref name="lonelyplanet.com">{{cite web|title=Lonely Planet Review |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/tamil-nadu/puducherry-pondicherry/sights/478956|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|[[Zion Methodist Church, Pondicherry|Zion Methodist Church]]<br />
|[[File:ZionMethodistChurch.jpg|100px|alt=]]<br />
|1991<br />
|No.26, Kuber Street, Pakkamudianpet, ECR Road, Puducherry, India<br>{{coord|11.5649|79.4838|name=Goubert Street}}<br />
|[[Methodist]]<br />
|The Zion Methodist Church, Pondicherry comes under the Chennai Regional Conference of the Methodist Church in India.<ref name="zionmethodistchurch.org">{{cite web|title=Zion Methodist Official website |url=http://www.zionmethodistchurch.org|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|[[Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry|Immaculate Conception Cathedral]]<br />
|[[File:Puducherry Immaculate Conception Cathedral 2.jpg|100px]]<br />
|1791<br />
|Mission Street{{coord|11.93299|79.83055|name=Mission Street}}<br />
|Roman Catholic<br />
|The [[Jesuit]] Fathers came to Puducherry as missionaries in 1689. They bought a very large garden to the west of the French Fort. In the 1692 they, with the financial help of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]], [[king of France]], erected a church which was demolished by the Dutch in the following year. A second Church was quickly built in 1699 but could not last long. From 1728 to 1736 a large church was built on the site of the present Cathedral. This third church was razed to the ground by the British in 1761 during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19596190 |title=BBC In pictures: Former French colony of Pondicherry in India|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Our Lady of Angels Church, Puducherry|Our Lady of Angels Church]]<br />
|[[File:Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges - our Lady of Holy Angels - Pondicherry.JPG|100px]]<br />
|1887<br />
|Dumon Street{{coord|11.93009|79.834582|name=Dumon Street}}<br />
|Roman Catholic<br />
|is the fourth oldest church in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], a Union territory in [[South India]]. The original structure was built in [[Greco-Roman architecture records|Greco Roman architecture]] by [[Napolean III]] in 1855, with the architect being Louis Guerre. It is the only church that offers mass in three languages namely [[French language|French]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The bells fall silent at ‘Kaps Koil'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/the-bells-fall-silent-at-kaps-koil/article2937111.ece|publisher=The Hindu|location=Puducherry|date=27 February 2012|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur]]<br />
|[[File:Villianur shrine.jpg|100px]]<br />
|1866<br />
|Villianur{{coord|11.911262|79.760664|name=Villianur}}<br />
|Roman Catholic<br />
|In 1867, the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|MEP]] missionaries in [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]] wanted to build a Chapel at Villianur which is 13 kilometers from Pondicherry, on the road to [[Villupuram]]. Hence they bought a piece of land at Villianur and Rev.Fr.Gou, then procurator of the Puducherry mission after a long negotiation with the Hindu temple authorities of Thirukameswarer Gogilambigai Temple started to build a Chapel at Kanuvapet on the outskirts of Villianur. It is said that the building of the church was sponsored by the thanksgiving offering of Dr.Lephine's family for the miraculous cure of his daughter.<br />
|-<br />
|[[St. Andrew's Church, Puducherry|St. Andrew's Church]]<br />
|[[File:Andrews Church Reddiarpalayam Pondicherry Front View.jpg|100px]]<br />
|1745<br />
|Reddiarpalayam {{coord|11.931667|79.794444|name=Reddiarpalayam}}<br />
|Roman Catholic<br />
|It is one of the oldest churches in Reddiarpalayam area of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], a Union territory in [[South India]]. The original structure was built in [[Gothic architecture]] in 1745 by [[Kanakaraya Mudali]], the longest serving dubash of the [[French East India Company]]. During the opening of the Church, Mudali hosted a feast that included all castes and religions, the first of its kind that is recorded in the history of South India. It is believed that the Church was destroyed by the British in 1761 and was later rebuilt in 1830. It is the first Church in South India to have an inscriptions made in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] during the times.<ref>{{cite news|title=The early Capuchins|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-early-capuchins/article3190225.ece|publisher=The Hindu|date=3 April 2006|accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| authorlink=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Muthiah}}<br />
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