New subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India winners

1 Nov 2021

Hello Wikimedians,

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you all that the 3-members national
jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Jury>
of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
photo-competition has announced the 10 winning photographs of the national
competition. We had 750 photographers, 83% of them were new, who uploaded
more than 5000 photographs in total.

The winning photographs are as follows-

   1. Gali Mantapa <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GALIMANTAPA.jpg>,
   Chitradurga Karnataka by Basavarajmin21

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basavarajmin21&action=edit&redlink=1>
   2. Gujari Mahal

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculptured_wall_of_gurjari_Mahal,_Gwalior.jpg>,
   Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh by ASHISHMIND

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ASHISHMIND&action=edit&redlink=1>
   3. Fauti Masjid
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fauti_Masjid_Interior.jpg>,
   Murshidabad, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   4. Pan Supari Bazar
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PAN_SUPARI_BAZAAR.jpg>, Hampi,
   Karnataka by Basavarajmin21

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basavarajmin21&action=edit&redlink=1>
   5. Shanti Stupa
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanti_Stupa_Ladakh.jpg>, Leh,
   Ladakh by ClickAR89

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ClickAR89&action=edit&redlink=1>
   6. Temple, Hampi <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpi.jpg>,
   Karnataka by Bansode Mahesh

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bansode_Mahesh&action=edit&redlink=1>
   7. Chawk Masjid
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chawk_Masjid,_Murshidabad.jpg>,
   Murshidabad, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   8. Shyamsundar temple
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syama_Sundara_temple.jpg>,
   Jhikira, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   9. Taj Mahal
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_Mosque_Mihrab.jpg>,
   Agra, Uttar Pradesh by Abhinav152013

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Abhinav152013&action=edit&redlink=1>
   10. Qutb Minar

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taking_care_of_the_blues_-_HighRes_-_SI_01839.jpg>,
   Mehrauli Delhi by Shikhers

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Shikhers&action=edit&redlink=1>

All these photographs are listed
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Winners>in
our event page and have been forwarded
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_winners#India>
to the international WLM competition.

This year, we had also declared 2 special prizes
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Prize>
-

   - Highest number of uploads - which will go to Goutam1962
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Goutam1962> who had uploaded
   258 images.
   - Winning photograph from West Bengal - which will go to DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh> who had secured
   3rd prize for the national contest.

 We will start contacting the winning photographers in this week, so that
we can send the national prizes to them in due course.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa