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From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:28:07 +0530
Shall we arrange for a photowalk around monuments in kanchipuram for
this content?

Any photographers here?

Please reply with your inputs.

Shrini


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DNA  Blog : "Wiki Loves Monuments, do you? "
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1886663/post-wiki-loves-monuments-do-you



Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is a photography competition aimed at
creating a freely licensed repository of photographs of historical
monuments and heritage sites around the globe. Held in September every
year, it is the world's largest photographic competition according to
the Guinness Book of World Records.

[Winning entry at WLM from 2012, Safdarjung's Tomb, Delhi, India, by
Pranav Singh]

Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is a photography competition aimed at
creating a freely licensed repository of photographs of historical
monuments and heritage sites around the globe. Held in September every
year, it is the world's largest photographic competition according to
the Guinness Book of World Records. Fifty countries including oceanic
Antarctica are participating this year in the contest, which is
organised by Wikimedia Chapters in the respective countries and
various Wikimedia groups.

Started in 2010 in the Netherlands, WLM has attained lasting
popularity. In 2011, 18 European countries joined the Netherlands and
created a collection of nearly 170,000 photographs, achieving the
Guinness record. Thirty five countries participated in 2012 in the
contest, which received more than 350,000 photos overtaking its own
record from the previous year.

Participate
To enter Wiki Loves Monuments, participants upload their entries to
the Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license. The Wikimedia
Commons is a media repository that serves Wikipedia and its sister
projects. Like Wikipedia, it is free and open to all. Learn more about
participating in Wiki Loves Monuments.

WLM in India

India has more than 7,000 historical sites spread across its 28 states
and seven union territories. In India, where WLM is in its second
year, it is supported by the Wikimedia India Chapter, a non-profit
organisation. Last year, WLM received more than 15,000 photos of
Indian monuments, most of which were those of the Taj Mahal. Over
2,000 people participated from India, which made India rank the
highest in the contest in terms of the number of participants. A few
winning photos from India went on to be a part of the international
WLM contest. Pranav Singh from Delhi won the first prize in the
international contest. Narender Kumar, also from Delhi, ranked sixth.

Awards

The main for the international contest is a trip to Wikimania, the
annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. Every
country awards a few prizes nationally as WLM is a federated contest.
The highest prize in India is Rs 25,000. Read more about Indian prizes
here, and the International ones here.

    Indian website: http://wikilovesmonuments.in
    International website: http://wikilovesmonuments.org
    Contact details: wlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
    More links:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/Media

Contact Rohini Lakshané: rohini at wikimedia dot in

Regards
Tinu Cherian
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