Pondicherry - Official Symbols

Official Symbols

On April 16, 2007, the government of Pondicherry announced that the following were to be its state symbols:

State bird Koel
State animal Squirrel
State flower Cannonball tree's flower
State tree Bael Fruit Tree

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