Araku Valley Coffee House:Blending Coffee with Art

摘要

During mid 1970s, Sri A. Suryaprakash Rao running a small canteen in Araku railway station had never dreamt that his children would develop a Coffee House at Araku Valley Township which attracts nearlythree lakh tourists annually.Journey from a small canteen in a railway station to a much appreciated Coffee House was not all smooth. After running the railway canteen for nearly two decades a new thought flashed and an interest towards tribal art and crafts developed. As a result,Sri Suryaprakash Rao started carving art pieces made of wood with the helpof tribal people living in and around Araku Valley since 1997.