🇮🇳 AEA India | Culture + Performing Arts Immersion
✈️ Day 1-2: Travel to Chennai
- Flight arrival in India
- Attend the Chennai Music Festival
🏛️ Day 3-5: Chennai
- Visits to Mamallapuram, Dakshinchitra, Santhome, and Marina
- Explore Chennai Museum, local artist’s home, Cholamandal Artists’ Village
- Bharatanatyam dance + South Indian music demos & discussions
🎬 Day 6: Chennai – Nankulathur
- “Cinema in India” studio visit
- Travel through temples & Dakshinchitra to Nankulathur
🏡 Day 7-8: Nankulathur
- Walking tour of local village
- Community work at local school + women’s group
- Shadow puppetry & street theater
🕌 Day 9: Nankulathur – Thanjavur
- Travel to Thanjavur
🎶 Day 10-12: Thanjavur
- Yoga & workshops at temples
- Literature discussion at Tamil University
- Music sessions at Thiruvaiyaru Music College
⛰️ Day 13-15: Thanjavur – Ooty
- Travel to Ooty
- Lecture on tribal communities at Nilgiris Anthropological Museum
- Visit Toda & Kota villages + explore cave paintings
📚 Day 16-17: Ooty – Calicut
- Travel to Calicut
- Visit places of worship & Centre for Folklore Studies
- Interaction with staff, students, and performing artists
🎭 Day 18-20: Calicut – Trichur
- Travel to Trichur
- Workshops on Kathakali, Koodiattam, Chakiar Koothu & Tolpavakoothu
🏘️ Day 21: Trichur – Cochin
- Heritage walk around Fort Cochin
🛫 Day 22: Departure
- Return flight
📦 Program Includes
- 🏨 17 nights in 3-star hotels + 3 nights rural farm stay
- 🥗 Daily breakfast + select meals
- 🚌 Private AC mini bus
- 🧑🏫 English-speaking guide
- 💧 Bottled water daily
- 🎟️ Entrance fees & private lectures
🌍 Overview
Immerse yourself in India’s arts and culture through performances, workshops, temple visits, community service, and rural homestays oai_citation:1‡AEA_Day_1_2.pdf.