 Chandoori
Sai is a luxury guest house in Goudaguda, a pottery producing village, a
couple of kilometres from Kakiriguma in the Koraput district of Orissa,
India
The main village of
Goudaguda
creates terracotta pots and utensils for daily use in the surrounding
area and these are sold at the local weekly market or "haat". The
surrounding area and the host village is a reasonably developed mixed
rural area for this part of Orissa, but still very under developed in
comparison with much of India. The employees of the operation are from
the local villages, as was the workforce used in the construction of
this unique tourism venture.
Chandoori" is the Poraja name of the
big mango tree at the bottom of the garden. Sai means house. The tree
was local medicine for many centuries.
Accommodation
Chandoori Sai has five
guest rooms and is situated in Goudaguda, a "cottage industry" village
in the tribal district of Orissa. This unique guesthouse is styled on
the local tribal village houses, but within a secure garden setting.
The luxury guest rooms
were designed on the houses of the Poraja and Khonda tribes,
unobtrusively placed in a secluded part of the village. The rooms are
very spacious and all have ensuite facilities. The spacious lounge
overlooks the garden and down to the river and the rolling hills in the
distance.
The sparkling clean
kitchen opens onto the lounge area to enable guest interaction and
serves home-style, multi cuisine vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals,
using local organic produce where possible. The food is predominately
seasonal and organic as in this area very few chemical pesticides and
fertilizers are used. Special diets will be accommodated if possible
with prior consultation.
There are also
traditional tribal and potters handicrafts on display that can be
inspected at leisure without pressure, and purchased at a fair and
reasonable price with secure packaging to ensure its safe carriage.
The rooms were
constructed and decorated using local labour and materials where
possible. From the hand-made terracotta floor tiles, to the different
coloured ochres used on the walls to give the rooms a warm earthy look
and feel.
This is a truly unique
opportunity to see and experience a different way of life first hand,
and with most of the comforts of your own home
Location -
The village of Goudaguda is situated in the Indian
state of Orissa, approx. 200km north of Visakhaptnam (Vizag) and approx.
500km south of Bhubaneswar. Transportation from both of these cities is
available via train or road.
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