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Hampi with HampiBanagar
March 21, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm UTC+5.5
YPS Meet Live | March 21, Sun | 5:30 PM | YPS Facebook Page and YouTube Channel
Ruins of the ancient city of Hampe are on the bucket list of most photographers. Capturing Hampe in her various moods is a dream that few can realise. Mr Shivashankar Banagar is one of the fortunate few who live in the neighbourhood, Hosapete and has photographed this ancient capital of the mighty Vijayanagara empire in all her glorious moods.
His association with this “austere, grandiose site”, as described by UNESCO is so profound that he is known as ‘Hampibanagar.’
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Language: English
The Speaker
Mr Shivashankar Banagar // @shivashankar_banagar
Mr. Shivashankar Banagar, runs a marketing company called Media Solutions at Hospet. He can be called a walking encyclopedia of Hampi for his immense knowledge of every nook and cranny of the ruins. This results in the best angles to shoot the monument. It can be said that there is no one who can match his skill and knowledge of this magnificent monument.
After completing a course in journalism from Manasa Gangotri at Mysore, he worked as a reporter from Hospet and Hampi for various media houses like, The Times, Vijaya Karnataka, Udayavani, Samyuktha Karnataka, Kannada Prabha, Samuktya Karnataka, Varta Bharati, Hosa Digantha, Vijaya Vani, Hospete Times and Eenamma Kannada Naadu.
Right from his student days he had a profound love for photography but did not own a camera. He bought a basic point and shoot camera as a result of his association with Mr Pompayyaswami Malematta, a nature photographer. At present he uses a Canon 50 x camera to shoot the monument and regularly uploads his images on FaceBook. His pictures on Hampi and Pattadakal have been exhibited in the US and Japan and have also been published in a coffee table book brought out during “Akka” sammelan in the US.
His proximity to this magnificent, ancient ruins makes him always available for guidance to photographers.
You can follow Banagar’s work here:
https://www.instagram.com/shivashankar_banagar/
-YPS Executive Committee