Like clockwork, it’s that time of the year again: Festival time in India, which usually corresponds to the last quarter of the year and first quarter of the next year, i.e. typically from September to March. This is the part of the year in which the majority of festivals in India fall, and as India has a lot of festivals, it means that it is unofficially known as Festival Season. The Festival Season is generally started off by Ganesh Chaturthi, and the latest trend is Ecofriendly Ganapati.
Ganesh Chaturthi marks the birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. The festival kicks off with inviting Lord Ganesha to your home, by bringing home an effigy of him. Ganapaji is kept at home as a visitor for a certain number of days, and then is sent back to heaven by submerging his effigy in water, most commonly local water sources such as rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.
However, the primary concern of this is that millions of Ganapati end up being submerged into these water sources. Most of these effigies are made of Plaster of Paris (POP), which is cheap and affordable, but is not water soluble. Hence, these effigies often end up polluting the water sources and causing irreversible ecological and environmental damages. This is often the result after Ganapati Visarjan.
After yesterday’s visarjan… If these are not signs of damage we are causing then I don’t know what are! This cannot happen we need to do better! pic.twitter.com/0YYJGNfUby
— Sonali Bendre Behl (@iamsonalibendre) September 9, 2019
In order to counteract this environmental damage, a lot of people now try to have Ecofriendly Ganapati.
They do this by using natural and biodegradable materials to make the Ganapati, so that there is little or no damage to the environment.
Some use organic POP alternatives, such as Clay and Mud.
We in #Nagpur have made eco friendly Ganesha’s at home and have done visarjan at home. Nothing goes to ponds and rivers from homes. pic.twitter.com/kJa1A8Poxw
— Anand Varma (@Indianguts) September 9, 2019
We had eco friendly visarjan 😊later it will be treated with chemical and flower pots will be made from it . Which will be distributed in schools 💫 pic.twitter.com/dDBbauIE5Y
— ★🇰🇪🇩🇦🇷 🇸🇭🇮🇳🇩🇪★ (@kedarshinde7676) September 9, 2019
#GreenGanpatiChallenge
#GaneshChaturthi #Croma #Ganpati2019 #ecofriendly #ContestAlert #BrighterEverydayHere it is our eco friendly Ganpati. pic.twitter.com/qq7N7qfPNN
— Amit Vishnani (@amit_vishnani1) September 9, 2019
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Some made it out of reusable items such as Bangles
Some use food, such as bananas, coconuts, and even oranges.
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Bengaluru based Satya Ganapathi Shirdi Sai Trust has installed 30 ft Ganesha with 9,000 coconuts & 3,000 tender coconuts.
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— 🎊🎉Good Vibes🎊🎉® (@rnadxb) August 30, 2019
Some even make the Ganapati out of Chocolate, and visarjan in milk.
We made the ganapati at home Sonali, and did the visarjan in the milk and gave it to children in the anganwadi. No passing of Vigna as it was done in 🐮 milk. Like the gangasnan. Ganu baba made at home. Stayed at home. pic.twitter.com/Y9E5FImcG5
— S Ramachandran (@indiarama) September 9, 2019
Some even choose to use Ganapati made of metal and reuse them each year.
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Others paid their tribute another way.
Wish you happy #GaneshChaturthi today my sand art at pushkar , Ganesh ji for world peace. @my_rajasthan pic.twitter.com/pXUF20nwpE
— Ajay Rawat (@sandartistajay) September 2, 2019
There are many ways to have an EcoFriendly Ganapati. Here is wishing you a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. Ganapati may have left for this year, but he will be back with a bang next year.
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