{"id":17806,"date":"2016-08-28T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T06:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=17803&amp;preview_id=17803"},"modified":"2016-08-28T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T06:34:05","slug":"5-unique-ganesha-idols-that-are-devoted-to-being-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=17806","title":{"rendered":"5 Unique Ganesha Idols That Are Devoted to Being Eco-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main\">\n<div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ganesh Chathurthi is just around the corner and devotees across the country are excitedly purchasing Ganesha idols.\u00a0These idols are traditionally made out of plaster of Paris, which is not biodegradable. Even the paint used to beautify them is toxic and harmful to\u00a0marine life. With this in mind, many organisations and individuals keep trying to make the festival more eco-friendly. They have been coming up with innovative ideas to make idols that will not harm the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0five unique idols that \u00a0dissolve in the water without polluting it with toxins:<\/p>\n<h2>Fish friendly\u00a0Ganesha<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sprouts-ganesha--500x669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" td-modal-image aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sprouts-ganesha--500x669.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sprouts, an environment trust based out of Mumbai,\u00a0has been working on cleaning the beaches of the city for a while now.\u00a0After 2001, it decided to collaborate with Oglivy and Mather to make fish friendly Ganesha idols. The idols are filled with dried corn, spinach, etc., and\u00a0are made with materials such as papier mache and clay that dissolve in water. They are also painted with natural dyes instead of the usual lead and antimony, which are very harmful. You can place your order by calling +91-98201-40254.<\/p>\n<h2>Ganesha by eCoexist<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Co-Exist-Ganesha-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Co-Exist-Ganesha-.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: www.ecoganeshidol.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apart from selling eco-friendly idols, this organisation also employs sculptors with mental and physical disabilities from various parts of India\u00a0to give them a respectable source of income. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoganeshidol.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to know more about this organisation or write to <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#4a262526233e2b2f29252f3223393e0a2d272b232664292527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"036f6c6f6a776266606c667b6a707743646e626a6f2d606c6e\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tree Ganesha<\/h2>\n<p>Dattadri Kothur makes eco-friendly Ganesha idols with plant seeds in them. You can place the idol in a pot with soil at the end of the festival. Water it and the idol begins to dissolve. Soon, the seeds take root in the soil. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeganesha.com\/contact.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to know more about this Ganesha.<\/p>\n<h2>Chocolate Ganesha<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65511 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chocolate-Ganesha-Ritu-.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate Ganesha Ritu\" width=\"528\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rintu Rathod, a resident of Mumbai, made a Ganesha idol using 35 kg of chocolate last year. It had no added preservatives and was decorated with edible colours. The purpose behind making the idol was to distribute it as food among underprivileged kids. On September 21, 2015, she\u00a0immersed the idol in 90 litres of milk and the chocolate milk was then distributed among\u00a0the children.\u00a0Read more about this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/34642\/chocolate-ganesha-by-rintu-kalyani-rathod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Water Purifying Ganesha<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8563552782_989901987f_k.jpg\" alt=\"ganesha\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image for representation only. Source:\u00a0Quick Clicker\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quickclicker\/8563552782\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Alum is used by various corporations to clean potable water and remove polluting particulate matter from it. In an attempt to counter the damage inflicted\u00a0on\u00a0water bodies after Ganesh Chaturthi, Vivek Kamble, a sculptor from Pune, made Ganesha idols with alum last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ganesh Chathurthi is just around the corner and devotees across the country are excitedly purchasing Ganesha idols.\u00a0These idols are traditionally made out of plaster of Paris, which is not biodegradable. Even the paint used to beautify them is toxic and harmful to\u00a0marine life. With this in mind, many organisations and individuals keep trying to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}