India, Nov. 7 -- The Colorothon Open Exhibition, currently underway in Lucknow, showcases 25 artworks representing 25 states and seven Union Territories. These were selected from 200 shortlisted works out of more than 2,000 entries received, says curator and educationist Prof Vandana Sehgal.

She, along with jury members and veteran artists Roop Chand and Jai Krishna Agarwal, picked the top five artists. The first prize went to West Bengal's Pinaki Bhattacharya, followed by Tsewang Namgail from Leh, Ladakh, Juhi Aggarwal from Delhi, Shimona Agarwal from Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Mansi Dwivedi from Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Information Commissioner Virendra Pratap Singh inaugurated the exhibition. The exhibition is underway at Kokoro A...