The Hindu         09.09.2016 

Clicks of beautiful Kovai displayed at Corporation

Forty-six pictures that were handpicked from the 402 entries of the Click Kovai photography contest were displayed in a one-day photography exhibition on the Coimbatore Corporation office premises on Thursday. The contest was jointly organised by the Corporation and Green Global Trust to showcase the beauty of Coimbatore.

Commemorating the World Photography Day, the competition was open till August 19, to showcase the talents of Coimbatoreans and the beauty of the city. As many as 122 contestants participated in the competition and submitted 402 entries in topics ranging from Water Bodies in Coimbatore, Hills of Coimbatore, Greenery in Coimbatore and Coimbatore City Life. Distributing prizes to the winners, Mayor of Coimbatore Corporation P. Rajkumar said that Coimbatore had been known as an industrial city and such events would be helpful in highlighting its beauty. He said that select pictures from the competition would be used for promotional and campaign materials prepared by the Corporation.

Mr. Rajkumar also gave away prizes to the top three winners and three consolation prize winners. P.M. Mohammed Ashik won a DSLR camera as the first prize. J. Johnson won a gift voucher for Rs. 10,000 for the second prize and S. Mukilvendan won a gift voucher for Rs. 5,000 for the third prize.

Arjun Muthukrishnan, R. Balu Mahendran and R. Prakash Kumar were given consolation prizes. Their pictures were among the 46 pictures displayed at the exhibition on Thursday.

K. Maruthachalam of Photo Center, Srinivasan Durai of Srini Institute of Photography, N.N. Parasram of Savithri Photo house, T.S. Ramanan of Glolabs and former head of the department of Mass Communication, PSG College of Arts and Science C. Pichandy were judges of the event. Participation certificates were given away to all the participants.