A celebratory Telugu Ugadi lunch seeped in a private forest

Travel experiences are nary longer astir aspiring to sojourn luxury hotels with plunge pools. Nor is it astir visiting restaurants that crockery retired planetary cuisine. What’s dilatory redefining question and luxury acquisition is hyper section nutrient served with stories and music. And if that acquisition is designed successful a century-old bungalow of an erstwhile zamindar of Hyderabad, would it not pique your interest?

Around the world, high-networth travellers are seeking smaller, intimate gatherings wherever food, art, past and speech make a much meaningful transportation to section culture. This Ugadi, Telugu Routes by Culinary Lounge volition big a taste immersion that reflects this emerging movement.

Ugadi Edition 2026, conceptualised by The Culinary Lounge, a backstage taste retreat volition instrumentality diners and acquisition seekers to the archetypal pace, doctrine and sensory richness of the Telugu New Year. The venue — a backstage wood property adjacent Shankarpalli, wherever lone 50 guests volition beryllium a portion of an intimate gathering to witnesser an lawsuit that blends culinary heritage, literature, performing arts and thoughtful conversation. The acquisition is priced astatine ₹15,000 per guest.

Says Gopi Byluppala, founder, The Culinary Lounge, “The inaugural volition bring unneurotic a corporate of organisations agreed by a shared purpose, to presumption the Telugu States wrong the emerging planetary communicative of culinary and taste tourism. My effort has ever been to amusement the richness of the Telugu States that person a batch to connection to travellers seeking to illustration rustic cuisine.”

Gopi besides points retired that determination are respective partners supporting him successful this effort, including Telangana Ttourism, the Netherlands-based National Institute of Culinary and Cultural Traditions (NICCT), on with heritage-focused organisations specified arsenic Zishta and YK Antiques.

Giving a lowdown of the time Gopi said, “The retreat unfolds similar a cautiously planned Ugadi time successful a accepted Telugu home. Guests get aboriginal greeting done quiescent wood roads to the dependable of nadaswaram and a festive breakfast. The courtyard volition go the signifier for Perini Tandavam, the Kakatiya warrior creation of Telangana. One of the highlights of the time volition beryllium a speech with actor, playwright Tanikella Bharani, who volition stock reflections connected the origins of Telugu culinary traditions and their connections to mythology, lit and history. The acquisition continues done a show of antique room tools. A accepted ganuga lipid property volition show the process of lipid extraction; the lipid volition beryllium served with lukewarm rice. A Telangana feast, curated by Sandhya Linga of The Rasam Room, volition beryllium served connected lotus leaves. In the afternoon, guests tin stitchery for a literate league inspired by the iconic Telugu movie Sankarabharanam, exploring however language, euphony and storytelling person shaped Telugu individuality crossed generations and geographies.”

Clearly nutrient volition play an important relation passim the experience, presented not simply arsenic cuisine but arsenic surviving taste memory. The Telugu High Tea volition gully inspiration from Coastal Andhra and North Andhra kitchens, wherever artisans hole accepted sweets and savouries specified arsenic ariselu, bobbatlu, gavvalu and punugulu successful the courtyard implicit unfastened flame. Guests tin observe the mentation oregon enactment successful the process.

Sharing details of the lunch, Sandhya Linga said the dispersed volition diagnostic festive dishes. “Traditional dishes specified arsenic pulihora soured with antithetic ingredients volition beryllium served. There volition beryllium a enactment of rasam, lentil preparations, fries, curries and a dessert called Amrutha phalam, halwa polelu and Thalikala payasam.

Telugu Routes Ugadi luncheon is connected March 15, reservations tin beryllium made connected +91 9000010770