Ananda Ranga Pillai’s home still stands as a symbol Puducherry’s cultural heritage
: Perhaps no other mansion in the city resonates with the history and heritage of the place as the ancestral home of the legendary chronicler Ananda Ranga Pillai.
Both, the man and his contributions, defy a simple summation. Was he only a historian and an aristocrat at that? How did his diaries become the most referenced resource material for scholars and students studying the history of French rule in this… (View original article)