An Arch to Captivate You

Mankind has used arches to celebrate battle victories or events and to welcome the victorious warriors home. In recent times arches are created to welcome visiting dignitaries to a city or a nation. Nature also creates its own arches. We bring you the story of one such natural arch.

Your favourite Captions Contest is back! Kaun Banega Ghumakkad (KBG) is slowly inching towards the Platinum Jubilee edition. We are here with KBG-73, the 73rd edition of KBG! Does the picture of a natural arch trigger your imagination? If yes, give it a caption and win KBG-73.

This picture is courtesy our daughter Akanksha who had recently visited the Arches National Park in Utah, USA. Called 'The Delicate Arch', it is one of the most visited and photographed sandstone formations. Thank you Ashi for the picture.

For better visualisation of your caption, here is an enlarged picture of the Arch without the contest logo.

Does the Arch not look very fragile? Fifty two feet tall, does it appear about to collapse on one leg? It would interest you that the sandstone arches in that Park are 65 million years old. The Arch has been created by constant erosion due to wind, ice and water. The Arch has been depicted on a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1996. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics also passed through the Arch. So much for a brief history of the Arch.

Now go ahead and give a caption for the above picture featuring The Delicate Arch fast!

How to Submit a Caption

For the first-timers on KBG, you can respond using any of the six channels below:

1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Send email to hbindia@gmail.com    
3. Respond on the FB post
4. Comment on Instagram @ghumakkadhb 
5. Comment on Twitter @HarshBh21184761
6. Send a WA message. If you want your WA number to be added to Ghumakkad's list, send an email.

So folks, get going and give your caption pronto! If you feel like, you may submit more than one caption.

Previous Contest

KBG-72, the 72nd edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad Caption Contest had featured a picture of two African Lions lazing around in the savannah of Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, East Africa. Our picture story titled 'Lazy Lions' included all the captions submitted by the readers of KBG-72. The story also features embedded videos to give you a feel of being with the lions in its natural habitat. Two of the creative captions of KBG-72 are reproduced below:

Hope we have succeeded in diverting your mind away from a world torn with war and strife. Ghumakkad aims to spread joy and cheer all around like our logo shown below. Thank you Ramya Sriram for such a creative logo.

Now, be your creative best and shoot your response. Most catchy captions will be the Winners of KBG-73! All the best.

Thank you all the readers for your continued support.

Stay connected, stay safe.

   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 14th April 2022

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