To promote eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi ... charge to sculptors for idol creation, said Chief Environmental Officer Manisha Pradhan. Sculptors wishing to apply for clay should visit the Pollution ...

Vasant Raje, president of the Shree Ganesh Murtikar Samitee and a strong advocate for clay idols, spoke to mid-day at his ...

Mumbai: The BMC budget states that the civic body had distributed 611 tonnes of ‘shadu mati' (clay) free of cost to moortikars to carve eco-friendly Ganesh idols in 2024. It proposes to ...

“Clay idols crack easily. Damaging a sacred murti during worship would be sacrilege. Ganesh is supposed to be the vighnaharta (obstacle-remover). How can we risk cracks?” Calling for IIT ...

A day after thousands of artisans who create plaster of Paris (POP) idols staged a massive protest against the recent high court order banning POP idols and mandating the use of clay idols during ...

you can make an idol yourself with the family members using clay or turmeric. New images or idol (murti) of Ganesh can be bought from the shops and pandals. This is the most popular option used by ...

With just a few days left for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities ... 12-feet tall idols on the streets, to small, traditional clay variants for homes. There are close to 40 families from the Kumbara ...

The day’s big draw remained the procession of Bada Ganesh of Khairatabad or the 70-ft high clay idol Saptamukha Maha Shakti Ganapati with seven faces. At the other end of the city, the ...