‘Bomma Palleki’ talent awards presented in Nandikandi
Telangana : ‘Bomma Palleki’ talent awards were presented to winners of a state-level video-making competition organised by the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) in Nandikandi on September 6.
The competition aimed to document Telangana’s history through videos and present it in a visual format for future generations.
D Ravinder Reddy won the first prize for his video on ‘Seethamma Loddi Yatra’, while N Vishnu secured the second prize for his video on the history of Sreerangapur Ranganayakula temple.
Special talent awards were presented to Younus Parhan, M Ravikumar, Samudrala Raju, Acharya Bhadrigirish, Rangacharyulu, Satish, Rohit, Srinivas, Saikumar, Kishore, Narender, Karunakar, Rajkumar, Ramesh Sharma and Srikanth, among others, for videos on various aspects of Telangana’s history.
Organisers seek to take history closer to younger generation
KTCB president Sriramoju Haragopal and general secretary Katta Srinivasa Rao said the competitions were part of efforts to make Telangana’s history accessible to the younger generation through videography.
The meeting was presided over by Bhairoju Chandrasekhar. INTACH Governing Council member Manikonda Ved Kumar attended as the chief guest.
KTCB honorary adviser Dr E Sivanagireddy, Nandikandi sarpanch Sravanthi Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, TORCH general secretary Aravinda Arya, Matham Vinod Kumar, Kapilavayi Ashok Babu and others attended the programme and addressed the gathering.
Earlier in the morning, Dr E Sivanagireddy explained the historical features of the Nandikandi temple to the participants during a tour of its courtyards.
A traditional Telangana lunch was also arranged for the participants.
