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 ...

Also, the mechanism and trolley used for immersing clay idols are different," said Ganesh Lingayat, secretary of Nikadwari Lane Sarvajanik Shrine Ganeshotsav Mandal. Environmentalist Rohit Joshi ...

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 ...

Beginning that day, the Hindu god in the form of an idol, makes his way into millions of households and Hindus physically buy a clay idol of the Lord and worship ... This is an annual ritual and the ...