Leisure & Activities

Red Earth Riding School (RERS) is located on the Tindivanam-Pondicherry road, next to the Auroville Police Station.

It is a place of joy and learning for children and adults of all ages.

Information available at Casablanca.

Welcome in SITA, cultural center, where you can enjoy Arts, traditions and flavours from India. We provide Indian cooking classes, Ayurveda and massage initiation, music and painting workshops as well as Baratha natyam and Bollywood dance...

Sita, is a place of meeting and exchange where your stay in India will be highlighted. Moreover, because we are in Pondicherry, it is a good way to enjoy France traditions as well with French cooking classes, ballet classes... In the heart of Pondicherry, come join us for our workshops and activities in English, French and Tamil.

ELI offers a wide scope of language courses (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Tamil, Hindi, and Japanese.) It is possible to follow a brief course of initiation in Tamil, the language spoken in Tamil Nadu, or Hindi, the national language used extensively in North India.
Special conversation classes are also held at the institute.

ELI has recently introduced short modules such as "Introduction to the culture of Pondicherry and South India", which are filled with pictures, videos, live performances, and are presented by a native animator.

Learn to surf the right way from the start in complete safety with a professional instructor. Come to the beautiful Bodhi Beach and get to know the ocean and discovering its surroundings.
Minimum age: 10 years old, ID proof needed, surfboard and rashvest provided.

Price for the lessons:	Surfboard renting prices:
Single lesson 1.5h: 650 Rs 5 lessons: 3000 Rs 10 lessons: 5200 Rs Private lesson: 1100 Rs	1.5 hours: 250 Rs half day: 450 Rs full day: 850 Rs

This association has been created by Thomas Vidotto and aims to promote and to develop Rugby in Pondicherry. This mission seems rather difficult, considering the lack of field facilities in the city, but also because of the lack of popularity of this sport in India. But in spite of these difficulties, Thomas Vidotto has already achieved good things. The “Pondy Sharkz” are playing in a championship with teams from Chennai, and he has also formed several teams, like a team of fishermen children, two university teams (one for men and one for women) and many more are coming in the future! So if you are interesting by helping to the development of this sport with strong human values, don’t hesitate anymore and join the PRA!