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Every year during Ganesh Chaturthi, Mom makes clay idols of Ganapathi, which is consigned to water in a large bowl at home, when the time comes. With the topic of pollution and eco-friendliness going on, we decided to go the environment way this time. We had heard that Ganpathi idols ...

Traditionally since Lokamanya Tilak started preaching the importance of the Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav in Maharashtra in 1894, the concept of the festival has been simple. Ganapathi idols made of clay and more recently Plaster of Paris (PoP) are brought to large pandals and worshiped for 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 or ...