Madurai photographer’s Dasara pictures win a reward at Mela Moments photography contest of Ministry of Culture

Prize winning picture of Kulasekarapattinam Dasara Festival by S R Sai Sanjay Prasath|Picture Credit: S R Sai Sanjay Prasath When S R Sai Sanjay Prasath stopped his business task in Qatar to go back to his home town Madurai after the pandemic in 2021, bit did he understand that his try outs photography would bring him a nationwide award. From 11,000 shortlisted entries to the Mela Moments photography contest arranged by the Union Ministry of Culture and the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, 2 of Sanjay’s photos were granted the 3rd reward and showed as part of a bigger exhibit at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi this previous fortnight. The reward winning pictures chosen under the style, The Third Element, are from the yearly Dasara Festival held at Kulasekarapattinam. It reveals a male impersonated goddess Kali at a loss radiance of a flame versus the background of the blue sky. “The 3rd aspect has to do with complementary colours, the minute and the structure,” states Sanjay who took the photo throughout among his lots of journeys in 2015. The regional Dasara celebration is related to a folklore about regional homeowners conjuring up the regional goddess to conserve themselves from the abuse of a satanic force. Male gown like the goddess at this celebration. Sanjay states he went to record the distinct celebration for his individual collection. Reward winning image of Kulasekarapattinam Dasara Festival by S R Sai Sanjay Prasath|Picture Credit: S R Sai Sanjay Prasath His other reward winning image was taken in front of the temple where another guy impersonated the goddess was standing beside him holding flames in his hand and burning charcoal on his tongue. “There were 300 professional photographers around to record the fascinating minutes that day.
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