Alluri Sitharama Raju అల్లూరి సీతారామరాజు
The Eastern Ghats district — named after the freedom fighter who led the Rampa Rebellion. Cool coffee plantations at Araku, the million-year-old Borra Caves, misty Lambasingi and the rainforest road to Maredumilli make this the state's favourite hill escape.
Places in Alluri Sitharama Raju
Araku Valley
Coffee, cloud and a train ride through 58 tunnels
Borra Caves
Million-year-old limestone caverns lit like a cathedral
Lambasingi
The 'Kashmir of Andhra' — where winter mornings touch zero
Maredumilli
Rainforest, waterfalls and bamboo chicken above the Godavari
Katiki Waterfalls
A jeep ride and a stream walk to a 50-ft fall near Borra
Ananthagiri Hills
Coffee plantations and viewpoints on the Araku ghat road
Born in Alluri Sitharama Raju
Bamboo Chicken
Marinated chicken packed into a fresh bamboo tube, sealed with leaves and roasted over a wood fire until the bamboo's sap steams the meat — a tribal cooking method from the Eastern Ghats that became the star of every Araku and Maredumilli trip.
Dhimsa
The circle dance of the Adivasi communities of the Araku and Paderu hills, performed by women in a linked chain to drums and the flute-like mori, with a dozen named variations for harvests, weddings and festivals.
Famous people
Alluri Sitarama Raju
Freedom fighter · 1897–1924
Led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–24 with the Adivasi communities of the Eastern Ghats against British forest laws, raiding police stations before he was captured and shot; the hill district is named after him.
Getting to Alluri Sitharama Raju
The Visakhapatnam–Araku railway (via Borra Caves) is one of India's most scenic lines; Ghat roads from Vizag and Anakapalli; Maredumilli is reached from Rajahmundry.