Where to go in Tamil Nadu and Chennai
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Pondicherry is best known as the former capital of France's India colony - a Gallic enclave of whitewashed 18th century homes with walled gardens and bougainvillea.
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Mahabalipuram is India's stone-carving capital: a city given over to ancient and modern sculpture and intricate idol making.