About Us
ABOUT US
Our Story
It all began in the summer of 2015. Three friends took a holiday and travelled for 10 weeks across India. Instead of sightseeing we chose home stays and lived with communities. It was an absolute cultural immersion. We got an entirely new perspective and appreciation for the customs and traditions prevalent. This was the way to experience authentic India. We also realized the people's struggle for a viable livelihood. The next generation of artists and craftsmen are flocking to the cities for regular jobs. There is a real danger of losing our cultural heritage unless the next generation actively pursues their traditional skills as a profession. We wanted to share our experience of authentic India with others. So the 3 of us left our jobs and founded "5 Senses Tours" on 26th August 2015. The idea was to offer an immersive cultural experience of Authentic India, by strengthening local communities.







Our Mission
We strive to strengthen local communities through livelihood support, employment opportunities and by instilling a sense a pride in their heritage. 1. We train local youth and take them on board as cultural evangelists on our tours. This helps in providing them a livelihood and a reason to stay. 2. We give business to local vendors and small businesses. Wherever possible we purchase their wares and gift them to our customers. This is to ensure travel dollars stay where they are spent. 3. Most importantly we instill a sense of pride in the community by getting guests from round the world to appreciate their heritage.
The Team

Madhusudan Narayanan
CEO

Kannan Inbasekaran
South India

Nivethitha
Tamil Nadu

Vivek Sinha
North India

Kalpana Dass
Pan India

Amit Kishore
Motorcycle Tours

Kalpana C
Tamil Nadu

Abilash A
South India

Bratati Saha
East India

Sonia Harish Kumar
Culinary Evangelist

Anirban Dey
East India

Chandrashekar CR
Operations

Hareesh Ramachandran
South India

Sharan Mehra
Mumbai

Jai Prakash
Karnataka

Ramesh A
Mahabalipuram

Satish Balasubramaniam
South India

Balwinder Singh
North India

Ganesh
Tamil Nadu

Pankaj Gupta
West India

Sauvik Mallik
East India

Balaji
Chennai

Anurag Shrivastava
Khajuraho
