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Mumbai: 18-foot paper Ganesha idol preparations begin ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi
Updated On: 15 September, 2023 11:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
As Maharashtra gets ready to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, artisans in Mumbai are crafting an eco-friendly paper idol of Lord Ganesha
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As Maharashtra gets ready to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, artisans in Mumbai are crafting an eco-friendly paper idol of Lord Ganesha.
This impressive 18-foot-tall idol of Lord Ganesh, made entirely from eco-friendly paper, is a significant departure from traditional Plaster of Paris (POP) idols. Sanket, President of the Elphinstone Ganesha festival organizing committee, explained the initiative: "For the past 34 years, we have been celebrating the Lord Ganesha festival, and for the last two years, we have been creating these 18 to 19-foot eco-friendly paper idols, following the lead of the Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Chaturthi festival organizers. We`ve used 200 to 250 kilograms of paper to create these idols, and it takes three months to prepare them."
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