A Virtual Photography Exhibition To Mark The twenty fifth Anniversary Of Society To Save Rocks Presents A Ringside View Of The Rocks Of Telangana And The Deccan
In {a photograph} taken by Sathya Prakash, a member of the Hyderabad-based Society to Save Rocks, the HITEC City stands tall. The landmark constructed 22 years in the past marked the start of the IT increase and the formation of Cyberabad. Also warranting consideration within the {photograph} is an impressive rock. “This boulder has been around for 2,500 million years, dwarfing the two-decade-old HITEC City and the 400-year-plus city of Hyderabad,” Sathya Prakash factors out, in his presentation through the inauguration of the digital picture exhibition Rocks Matter’.
Rocks Matter commemorates the twenty fifth anniversary of Society to Save Rocks, in collaboration with Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad. Curated by photographers and Society members Sangeeta Varma and Ashok Kumar Vootla, the exhibition options 73 photos by 13 photographers in seven classes — distinctive rock formations, recreation and rocks, rocks and water our bodies, wildlife in rocks, rocks and non secular locations, destruction of rocks and rocks built-in into dwelling areas.
The ‘unique rock formation’ part options rocks which can be popularly recognized in addition to hidden gems. Many Hyderabadis can be aware of the ‘mushroom rock’ on the University of Hyderabad. There are others as properly, resembling an elephant, a tortoise, rabbit ears, a sleeping Godzilla, and a human cranium.
Ashok Vootla trains his lens on a rock in L B Nagar, Hyderabad, which resembles a ‘one-eyed gentleman’. Amita Talwar captures a rock formation resembling the slippery slide, and Sangeeta Varma paperwork the ‘five tile rock’ at Ghar-e-Mubarak close to Taramati Baradari.
The ‘recreation on rocks’ phase gives a peek into rock tourism, with scope for mountain climbing, trekking, rappelling and bouldering within the outskirts of Hyderabad and in Medak and Warangal. Some of the caves in Warangal and Medak are vacationer magnets for his or her vivid work of animals and different collectible figurines that date again to the Paleolithic age.
‘Rocks and water bodies’ frames rocks adjoining to lakes and new city constructions in areas round Durgam Cheruvu, Gachibowli and Kokapet. However, these burgeoning areas have additionally witnessed rampant destruction of rocks to make method for top rises.
The exhibition throws gentle on this dismal situation, and contrasts it with examples of how rocks might be built-in into dwelling areas — homes and industrial institutions that work their structure round large boulders. Naubat Pahad, Fakhruddingutta, Bear’s Nose in Madhapur, the Trident lodge are a number of examples.
As for the wildlife within the neighborhood of rocks, all it takes is a better have a look at the shrubs, weeds, birds and bugs that inhabit the rocky ecosystem. Asif Husain Arastu’s {photograph} is a uncommon seize of an owl amid rocks, and Kobita Dass Kolli images the Keeled Indian Mabuya and Broad headed and fan throated lizard, amongst different bugs and birds within the neighborhood of Gandipet lake.
What’s a rocky terrain with out non secular significance? There isn’t any dearth of dargahs and temples on rocks. The Moula Ali Dargah and Mallikarjun temple in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, are among the many many. The exhibition features a few photos of the majestic rocks in Hampi, Karnataka, as a part of the Deccan plateau focus. The Malyavanta temple in Hampi, framed towards the solar, is a sight to behold within the picture captured by Irfan Quader.
The Rocks Matter exhibition is among the many occasions lined up by Society to Save Rocks for its silver jubilee yr. A digital quiz, neighborhood outreach to varsities, and an in a single day journey to a rocky getaway are within the pipeline. The organisation plans to proceed to felicitate organisations and people who protect rocks of their premises.
The Society to Save Rocks has been proactively conducting rock walks and journey rockathons to enthuse extra individuals to find out about rock formations. However, every now and then they confront the query ‘why are you so keen on saving rocks? Why not take up social welfare schemes for people?’ The solutions lie within the long-forgotten geography classes of rocks being an important a part of the ecosystem, influencing the water desk and supporting wildlife.
