Adyar, Chennai
In 1939,George Arundale and Rukmini Devi Arundale, leaders of the Theosophical Society, extended an invitation to the 69-year-old Montessori. She accepted the invitation and reached India the same year. She made Adyar, Chennai her home and lived there along with her son, Mario M. Montessori. The Montessorians, Gool Minwala, Tehmina Wadia and Khurshed Taraporewala were students in the first training at Adyar.