Come September the entire atmosphere will be reverberating with Ganesh festival mood. If you live in cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam, you will know the kind of celebration that happens for 10 straight days. The streets overflow with people to see the beautifully decorated Ganesh pandals. Loud music and expansive lighting greets you everywhere during the festive time. At the end of 10 days, the Ganesh idol immersion is done with even bigger processions. It’s like a carnival. Musical sounds fill the air.
What happens next ? Have a look…
The sight of these Ganesh Idols is appalling. To be honest I could not even see the pictures, it is so awful. Seeing the Ganesh Idols lying on the shores like these, whom we worship all our lives is mind boggling.
This post is an appeal to readers and TV9 viewers to spread the awareness and importance of using Environmentally friendly Ganesh Idols.
A CAUTION: The idols are made out of Plaster of Paris(PoP), which casts typically disintegrated water, thus making it necessary to be non-suitable for bathing, showering, or other activities involving contact with water. In addition, Plaster of Paris casts are not air permeable, and thus do not allow for the circulation of air beneath the cast which greatly facilitates the evaporation and removal of moisture trapped between cast and skin. This often leads to skin maceration, irritation, or infection.
These idols are then painted with ‘some’ dyes which contain poisonous elements like lead,mercury,carbon and cadmium.
In Hyderabad alone every year over 30,000 Ganpati idols are immersed at about 20 different places during Ganesh Chaturthi resulting in huge amount of pollution. This polluted water is a threat not only to water creatures, but to us equally.
TV9 is launching a GREEN CAMPAIGN to promote usage of clay and paper Ganesh idols during this festival. Join the campaign and make our environment green and clean.
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