A two-day exhibition of photographs that concluded at Madhuram Gayati, Puthupperiyaram, on Sunday brought to light the rustic life of people living in the eastern part of Palakkad bordering Tamil Nadu. The 60-odd photographs that Dinesh Kannimari clicked in the last 15 years were uniquely focused on the life of the people along the State border.
The exhibition was titled Kizhakke PokumVeyil to resonate the life in the east. Each photograph that Dinesh displayed had a story to tell. Some of the photographs were clicked with mobile phone cameras. Dinesh said most of the photos were taken from Meenakshipuram, Govindapuram, Gopalapuram, Chemmanampathy and Nadupuni areas.
The tough life of the people with a mixed culture of Tamil and Malayalam was evident in each photograph. Dogs, goats and sheep were the main components of some of the photos. Bulls and bullock carts are still a part of the people of the eastern Palakkad.
