A fast emerging backpacker destination, Pondicherry offers enough budget stay options to exercise some degree of individual choice. While homestays such as La Maison Radha and Le Ciel are a great choice for a longer stay home-like accommodation, there is the centuries-old Hotel Coramandal Heritage as well. You can also opt to stay in Auroville, The Only Place and Green’s Guesthouse being some of the coolest stay options for backpackers.