Mayiladuthurai, Tharangambadi, and Poombuhar are three beautiful cities near the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India.
Mayiladuthurai
While in this city I visited a woman’s college and was part of a tree-planting ceremony. Afterward, I visited an elementary school full of sweet and energetic children.
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Tharangambadi – Fort Dansborg
Here I visited an old Danish Fort also known as Fort Dansborg, which was built in 1620. The fort was very interesting. I thought the people that hung around it were more interesting. It was located on the Bay of Bengal coast right by a beach where people go to hang out. This is was my first time seeing a beach in India. It was really pretty and lively with people scattered throughout it. I thought it was interesting how everyone was wearing full clothes, no bathing suits. The sight of cows and goats roaming around on the beach was a very new sight for me.
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Notably, farm animals freely roam the beach on their own. However, they don’t seem aggressive at all, they walk past people and mind their own business.
![Tharangambadi - Fort Dansborg](https://emprubyub2a.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Danish-Fort-Tharangambadi-015.jpg?lossy=1&quality=85&webp=85&avif=80&sharp=1)
![Muslim women on the beach in Tharangambadi](https://emprubyub2a.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Danish-Fort-Tharangambadi-021.jpg?lossy=1&quality=85&webp=85&avif=80&sharp=1)
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Poombuhar – Silapathikaram Art Gallery
Next, we went to the Silapathikaram Art Gallery in Poombuhar. It was a really cool building with architecture that was a hybrid of Indian and Asian. Outside of the gallery, there were very detailed life-sized sculptures of women in various dance poses. I always thought it was interesting how the body shapes of the women in their sculptures look so similar to some famous American women that have had cosmetic surgery and implants.
![Poompuhar - Silapathikaram Art Gallery](https://emprubyub2a.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Poompuhar-005-Edit.jpg?lossy=1&quality=85&webp=85&avif=80&sharp=1)
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