Its a nice place to visit but not when you are @honeymoon.But still i will recommend this place to visit :)
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar was jailed here and his cell is one of the attractions. Definitely worth a visit. Tip: Select the seats at the back!!
I just do not want to imagine as to how it must have been in those days...apart from the jail itself, there is also a nice exhibition to be seen with foto's explaining as to how it was. I took a tuktuk to get to the jail. Excellent way of transport for a sightseeing
The sound and light show was very good, however being an Indian Muslim, I wanted to know the contribution of the Muslims. In the entire show there was no mention of any Muslim inmates. It's a known fact that Some prominent Muslim inmates of the Cellular Jail were , Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, Maulana Ahmadullah, Movli Abdul Rahim Sadiqpuri, Maulvi Liaquat Ali,besides many others. The only fleeting mention was of Sher Ali and that too that he was a barber who had completed his term and he assaulted Lord Mayo.Sher Ali's contribution was great, he killed Lord Mayo, the viceroy of India on 8th February, 1872.
If one sees the light & sound at Cellular one will surely fell what sacrifice the great heroes of the country made to bring the independence. How the heroes were tortured by the British.
Everybody has heard about the 'kaala pani' punishment that was given to hardcore Indian freedom fighters by the British. This is the jail where they were sent. Architecture wise it is an absolute masterpiece but when you listen to its stories & specially watch the famous light and sound show in the evening, you actually feel the cruelty of the British rulers of pre-independent India. This has to be no.1 on priority list during Port Blair visit.
Sound & Light show gives complete history of torchers done to our Freedom Fighters by British Jaailors.Visit to to Cell no.123 where Mr.Vinayak Savarkar was kept gave mea complete insight of why that particular cell was chosen by the Jailor for Savarkarji.Felt very proud of Savarkarji's sacrifice for Freedom strugle. The Freedom which we are enjoying today.
We can see testimonials of how cruel Britishers torchered our great heroes who have faught for freedom of our country.Really it is worth seeing. Hat's off to great leader veer Savarkarji.
The light and sound show at Port Blair is very well organized. A good way of story telling for sure, brings back the pre-independence area and makes you proud to be an IndiJust ensure you buy cellular jail ticket before 4:15 pm and light and sound show around 2 hours before the Hindi show (show starts at 6:15 pm) and 1 hour before English show (7:15 pm). The English show doesn't happen on all days. Check the dates and timings.
Just watch light and sound show and you will get to know the history of this Jail. This jail is kept extremely near and clean. All the barracks are kept open for visitors. Gallows and Veer sarverkar cell is major attraction. Once can have access to the terrace of the jail from where the sea view can be seen. Very beautiful place and one cant digest the fact that how a jail can be so beautiful unless you hear the history and read all the tortures done on the jail prisoners.