Moodabidri: Chayachithrasiri, organised for the first time as part of ‘Alva’s Nudi Siri’, the annual literary fest bagged outstanding response with participation from 345 photographers in four categories.
However, with an influx of 4,352 photographs, only a lucky few could make it to the victory list.
In the folklore category, V Vijay Bhaskar Rao from Andhra Pradesh bagged the first place for his photography of ‘Koya tribal dancers’. ‘The Prayer’ by Siddharth Gollapalli bagged the second place while Suresh Bangera’s photo of Kathakali bagged third place.
In the Culture/Heritage category, Taj Mahal by Suresh Bangera bagged first place followed by Chithradurga Fort by Srinivas K S and Digvas Bellemane;s St Rosario Church at second and third place respectively.
In the People’s Choice category ‘Meeting Point’ by Apurb Kumar Das from Kolkata bagged the first place. ‘Joy Ride by Arun Palvankar bagged second place while ‘With Grandmother’ by Mallikarjuna D G stood third.
In the nature category, ‘Spider’ by Digvas Bellemane stood first, Ramu M from Andhra Pradesh bagged second place and Shashidharswamy Hiremath bagged third place.
It may be noted that as many as four European photographers too had participated in the event. A photograph by Jelico Car has been given Certificate of Merit.
The first, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash prize of Rs 10,000, Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.
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