The Hindu Dheepa Kolam contest 2023 winners felicitated
The Hindu
Winners of Dheepa Kolam contest 2023 in Chennai region felicitated at function; Usha Narasimhan, Saranya Vijay & Lalitha Balamurugan won.
The Hindu, along with Dheepam lamp oil, conducted the Dheepa Kolam contest 2023 across Tamil Nadu, and the winners of Chennai region were felicitated at a function here on Thursday.
The winner was Usha Narasimhan, first runner-up, Saranya Vijay and second runner-up was Lalitha Balamurugan. Fifteen consolation prizes were also given. The title sponsor of the event was Dheepam Lamp oil. The event is powered by Coir On mattresses. Associate sponsors were Gopuram products, Kanchipuram Arignar Anna Silk Co-operative Society, gift sponsors were Aachi Masala and P.S. Tamarind.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”