World Photography Day: Hyderabad exhibition to spotlight works of 44 photographers
Vedika Bonakurthy photographs the Potharajus during Bonalu in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Each year during the Bonalu festivities that coincide with the monsoon in Hyderabad, an ordinary man transforms into Potharaju, a folk deity and soothsayer, his face painted in vivid strokes of turmeric and vermillion. Vedika Bonakurthyโs photograph captures these Potharajus in the moments before the Bonalu procession, documenting their act of becoming. Titled โBody Before The Spiritโ, the image distills the essence of local culture.This photograph, along with several others, forms part of an exhibition curated to mark World Photography Day. Opening on August 19 at…