of restaurants industry restaurant genre south indian vegetarian cuisine founded early 1960s founder k. dhamodarasamy naidu headquarters coimbatore india number of locations more than 16 area served india products food sweets snacks number of employees 1500 website sree annapoorna sree gowrishankar sree annapoorna sree gowrishankar is a restaurant chain based out of coimbatore in tamil nadu india . 1 the annapoorna chain was started in the early 1960s by k. dhamodarasamy naidu as a catering unit in kennedy movie theater in r. s. puram coimbatore . later a coffee house was set up and run by naidu and his three brothers k. rangaswamy naidu k. ramaswamy naidu and k. lakshmanan . it offered coffee tea and tiffin items . in 1968 they opened a vegetarian restaurant under the name sree annapoorna . the business grew as more restaurants were opened in many locations in coimbatore . in 1983 a lodging hotel was opened . currently the annapoorna group has more than 16 restaurants in coimbatore and in other cities of tamil nadu . it also operates other businesses like kitchen equipment manufacturing construction instant food mix production and bottling beverages . 2 3 4 contents 1 branches 2 see also 3 references 4 external links branches edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message restaurants coimbatore r.s.puram arokiaswamy road gandhipuram cross cut road gandhipuram mofussil bus stand arts collage road cross cut road sri lakshmi complex mettupalayam road near tvs saibaba colony off nsr road raja street avarampalayam road poornas hope collage junction avinashi road people s park arts college road big bazzar street avinashi road nanjundapuram road thudiyalur mtp road ganapathy sathy road peelamedu fun republic mall see also edit list of vegetarian restaurants references edit narayanan r. y 16 december 2002 . entertaining guests at short notice without sweating it out in the kitchen . business line . retrieved 12 december 2011 . anthikad chhibber mini . south side story . the hindu . retrieved 12 december 2011 . ramanujam tca 2 august 2003 . a recipe that didn t cook up . business line . retrieved 12 december 2011 . doyen of hospitality industry dead . the hindu . 22 november 2006 . retrieved 12 december 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title annapoorna gowrishankar & oldid 744367517 categories vegetarian restaurants in indiacompanies based in coimbatorerestaurants in coimbatorefast food chains of indiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 19 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view