Shree
Anna
India's ancient grain. Your complete guide to the food that fed this civilisation for 8,000 years.
8,000
years ago
"In the Deccan plateau, long before rice arrived from the east, a farmer harvested the first jowar under a monsoon sky..."
Millet grains found at Harappan sites — Mohenjo-Daro, Lothal, Harappa — confirm cultivation since 2500 BCE. Mentioned in the Rigveda. Recorded in Kautilya's Arthashastra. The original grain of this civilisation.
1965:
The Green
Revolution
"Then came the subsidies. The HYV seeds. The guaranteed prices for wheat and rice. And in thirty years, millet nearly vanished from India's plate..."
From 36.9 million hectares in 1965 to 14.7 million by 2015 — a 60% collapse in millet cultivation. The grain that needed no irrigation, no pesticides, no chemicals, was abandoned for crops that needed all three.
2023:
Shree Anna
Reborn
"India declared 2023 the International Year of Millets. And the world listened. 102 nations gathered in New Delhi. The grandmothers had been right all along..."
₹8,000+ crore in government schemes. 500+ startups. IIMR Hyderabad named Global Centre of Excellence. Urban India rediscovering what rural India never forgot — that Shree Anna is not a trend. It is a homecoming.
Read the full history
The 9
Shree Anna
Drag to explore · Each grain a 4,000-year story
Jowar
The King of Millets
Bajra
Iron & Bone Powerhouse
Ragi
3× More Calcium Than Milk
Foxtail
Oldest Grain in Asia
Kodo
Arthashastra's Sacred Grain
Barnyard
The Fasting Grain of India
Browntop
India's Rarest Grain, GI 45
Little Millet
The Perfect Rice Substitute
Proso
Highest Protein of All 9
What millets
do to your body
"Your grandmother soaked them overnight, ground them at dawn, and cooked them on iron. She was practising precision nutrition before the word existed."
Glycemic Index — Millets vs Common Carbs
GI ≤55 = Low · 56–69 = Medium · ≥70 = High. Source: NIN Hyderabad, IIMR
What she made
with these grains
"Ragi mudde at dawn. Jowar bhakri at noon. Bajra khichdi on winter nights. Every meal a medicine. Every recipe a memory."
Ragi Mudde + Gongura Mutton
Foxtail Millet Biryani
Bajra Chicken Khichdi
Jowar Bhakri + Paneer Tikka
Browntop Kheer
Barnyard Millet Upma
"Shree Anna means a door to prosperity for small farmers, the cornerstone of nutrition for crores of countrymen, welfare of the tribal society — more crop yield with less water, chemical-free farming."
— Prime Minister Narendra Modi · Global Millets Conference, New Delhi, 2023
₹8,000+Cr
in Schemes
The Shree Anna
Letter
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