Introduction

Set up over a century back, a tour of the Anglo-French Textile Mills takes you through the complete process of spinning, beam dyeing, and cone winding to ring framing the textile. You are also taken around the factory and shown how the weaving and printing units function, till the final product is ready for shipment. The Anglo-French Textile Mills are now a unit of the Pondicherry Textile Corporation Ltd.

Tourists on guided tours can avail a discount of ten percent on all purchases made at the mill. Besides, the fabrics and other textile products manufactured here make a great souvenir. The systematic function of this traditional mill makes it a popular place for study tours.

In the beginning, with the name Rodier Mill, Anglo-French Textile Limited was only functioning with the weaving and spinning departments making only grey fabric. Later it grew into an integrated mill with all facilities such as automatic looms and process house. Today, it is lauded as one of the major composite textile mills presently established in India, and exports a range of fabrics as printed, grey, dyed and bleached.

Special Attributes

The Anglo-French Textile Mills is lauded as one of the major composite textile mills presently established in India.

Nuisance

The site is very peaceful and free of irritants.

Dressing restrictions

Dress is whatever you find comfortable.

Connectivity

You can hire an auto or cycle-rickshaw to move around in Pondicherry. You can even take a PTDC (Pondicherry Tourism Development Corporation) bus from the city bus stand and visit the popular points of sightsee.

Enjoyed by

Families, Backpackers

Exposure

You will be indoors.

Avoidable Season

May, June

Facilities

Tourists on guided tours can avail a discount of ten percent on all purchases made at the mill.

Things Not Allowed

No such restriction.

Tip

The textile products manufactured here make a great souvenir.

Type of site

Textile mill