A photo gallery-cum-honour programme was organised by Jharkhand Photographic Association at Khemraj Smrity Bhawan, lohardaga. In the exhibition, the photographers of lohardaga, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Jamshedpur and Gumla participated. The chief guest of the occasion was famous photographer Raju Sultania from Kolkata. It was inaugurated by the senior photographers Surendra and Anandji.
On the occasion, the chief guest Raju Sultania, said, “It is appreciable to organise such types of huge photo gallery in small place like lohardaga. The photographers must bring forth their talents by this type of organisations. Their art would be helpful in taking the country ahead. There is no lack of talents lohardaga.”
Before this, the wife of late Vijay Gupta, the wife of ex-secretary of JPA was given economical aid. The chief gust Rajiv Sultania was also honored by offering shawl and memento. The senior photographer Shammu Bhaduri was also honored.
The denizens of the city also enjoyed a lot in the exhibition. The photographers tried to cover several aspects of the society. The photos were related to the enchanting natural scenes, innocence of rural people and the loving animals. On the occasion, chiefly Bapi from Dhanbad, Sanjay Boss, Ashok Mehta and Bipin Bhatia from Ranchi, Abhimanyu from Jamshedpur, Upendra and Gabbarji from Bokaro, Anil Gupta from Gumla, and JPCC head Sukhdeo Bhagat were present.
The contribution was given by the members of JPA included Ramesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar Soni, Gyan Prakash, Bajrang Ram, Ramkumar Sahu, Saroj Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Ravi Khatri, lilawati Sahu, Pritam, Ajay Verma, Ajay Gupta, Jiwan, Ajit Mahto, Praveen Kumar, Pawan, Ashok, Popins, Raju, Manas, Suhail, Hemant, Madan, Nand Bihari, Chandan, Deepak, Basant Thapa, Uday Mahto and Triloki.
The report was submitted by JPA secretary Vinod Soni and the programme was directed by district president Ramesh Kumar. Ajit Mahto presided over the programme.