Coimbatore home to Sree Annapoorna and its famed business can at best be described as the industrial heartland of South India . It started out as a city of cotton and became the Manchester of South India.

The name Sree Annapoorna Sree Gowrishankar has today become synonymous with quality at a reasonable price. Almost everybody who lives in Coimbatore and its vicinity has eaten here at least once as have several thousand of the visitors to the industrial heartland of the south. Annapoorna has become an enduring legacy for the city's residents and generations to come.

Hard as it might be to imagine Coimbatore without sree annapoorna sree gowrishankar hotels. Today the city has begun to face a study onslaught of foreign food brands with multi-million dollar advertising and marketing campaigns. But ‘Annaporna ‘as the hotels are fondly called remain the favorite for all families eating out. For many coimbatoreans a bite at ‘annapoorna' is an experience that is always looked forward to.

In the early 1960's Coimbatore thrived in the wake of enterprising individuals. On such individual was Mr.Dhamodaraswamy Naidu who started out in 1957 along with his brother's Shri K.Rangaswamy Naidu, Shri.K.Ramaswamy Naidu and Shri K.Lakshmanan Naidu by establishing catering units in theatre complexes. In 1968 comes the unique brand that has enlarged in magnificence today “Sree Annapoorna” a restaurant that supplies food. “Sree Gowrishankar” was the second vegetarian unit that was started soon; both became popular for its delectable dishes and its best quality. in 1974 two more restaurants were opened and more branches came into existence in 1984-1985.Dr.Dhamodaraswamy naidu was given the doctorate in Avinashilingam deemed university on 28.10.1999 and now at the moment he is been elected as the President of Tamil Nadu Hotel Association on 14.08.2004.

Above anything else, the crowning glory of Annapoorna is the name and fame it has earned for its coffee. Annapoorna coffee enjoys the rare distinction of 50000 cups of consumption per day, (The highest in Asia for a restaurant).

There is nothing, absolutely nothing that quite matches the effect of a well-made sweet in your mouth. The sweets made by Sree Annapoorna are made from the purest ingredients. The preparation methods are so hygienic; the park you open at home is virtually untouched by human needs. Only Annapoorna is in a position to handle large order on a daily basis. So no matter what you need, we will deliver on time.

In 1996 the company established “Sree Annapoorna kitchen equipments ltd” which manufactures commercial kitchen equipments.

It was developed by combining Sree Annapoorna's processing expertise the know-how of experts in catering, diary and hotel industries. Yet another diversified activity was the manufacturing unit set up for Annapoorna masalas which was most household kitchens cannot do without.