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Which city is nick named as city of dawn?

  1. Kolkata

  2. kanyakumari

  3. Pondicherry

  4. Rameswaram
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Explanation

Pondicherry (Puducherry) is called the 'City of Dawn' due to Sri Aurobindo's ashram 'Auroville' and his philosophical work 'The Adventure of Consciousness' that references the dawn of a new consciousness. Kolkata is the 'City of Joy', Kanyakumari is a pilgrimage site at India's southern tip, and Rameswaram is a sacred temple town.

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