Why is Eco-Friendly Ganesh Celebration an Urgent Necessity?

A recent trend has been observed in the last few years in buying eco-friendly Ganesh idols in a large part of the country. It is a very positive sign that the attitude of the people is taking a good turn and they are becoming more and more sensitive towards nature. Now, some pieces of evidence should appear as the reason as to why we should recalibrate our ways of traditional celebration and move towards a new normal.

A recent survey has stated that at least 150 million people in India inhale air that is 10 times worse than the safe air quality standard as per WHO. Are the statistics not enough to raise our concern and bypass this overt callousness? The POP materials that are used to make Ganesh idols cause severe harm to the environment at the time immersing those idols in water. The synthetic colors that are used to paint those idols are polluting the water resources like anything and thus leading to various diseases, food poisoning, and damaging the ecosystem.

After all those facts and numbers, our wisdom should prevail in the form of our susceptibility to our nature. We should make a bold choice to shift our focus towards eco-friendly Ganesh idols as already shown by some sensible people. There are other reasons why we should plan an eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi.

The materials that are needed to make eco-friendly Ganesh idols are easily available and at the same time very cheap also. Take, for instance, betel leaves, cow dung, clay - getting hold of all these things are as easy as ABC. Moreover, when you make eco-friendly Ganesh at home, a collaborative effort of every family member creates a strong communication between them and creates a homely atmosphere.

Why is it the need of the hour to go for eco-friendly Ganesha Murti?

Ganesh Chaturthi is a grand festival celebrated across India, especially in Mumbai to revere Lord Ganpati for peace and prosperity. For a long period, since the invention of Plaster of Paris, Ganesh Murti are made of that substance and when immersed after the occasion, generate pollution in the natural source of water like rivers and ponds.

Till this time, absolute responsibility has been manifested through our disposition and we ignored the severe effects of pollution which is slowly engulfing our mother nature. Time has come, when we should act as responsible citizens and try to make our earth less polluted by shifting towards eco-friendly Ganpati Murti. If the question arises that what is the need to do that, the rest of the article tries to explain the answer to such a question.

The main problem comes when the immersion ritual takes place. The religious belief has its own place but it is our duty to ensure that our religious beliefs should not be celebrated at the cost of nature. The question arises naturally what can be done with those numerous huge Murti made of POP? That is the point where we must think of a substitute and use such substances that can easily be immersed in water without doing much harm to our environment.

Adding to that, it saves our water resources and the marine life associated with it. As eco-friendly items are biodegradable, it gets easily dissolved in water without creating any animosity towards aquatic life and marine ecology. On top of all the things, eco-friendly items are cheap and it is very easy to get those items. So, eco-friendly Ganpati should be the new normal to invigorate our environment and make it greener.