Despite the ban on Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesha idols in Bengaluru, demand continues to rise, troubling clay idol-makers. Customers prefer PoP idols due to their durability and lower cost, resulting ...

Nagpur: Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesha idols may be ‘less polluting’ than clay idols, believes a retired scientist of National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune. Pramod Moghe, who worked on river ...

Ganesh Chaturthi entered its fifth day on Wednesday, and five more days remain until the grand celebrations end on 16 September. While major pandals in big cities celebrate with huge idols, for many, ...

PUNE: Around 23,000 kg of clay collected from 50 locations, mainly housing societies, after the immersion of Ganesh idols was recently handed over to Ganesh idol sculptors in Pune, Loni and Pen and ...

Buying clay Ganesha idols has become a costly affair in Bengaluru ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi festival. Heavy rains have disrupted the supply of clay, and as a result the prices are steep. “Prices of ...

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) announced that it will distribute 1,00,000 eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols free of cost this year to promote the concept of “Eco ...

Ganesha idols painted in bright hues never fail to catch attention compared with their sober clay counterparts. Yet, none would deny the harm a painted Ganesha could cause to the water bodies when ...

The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival began across India on Tuesday Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated across the nation with immense enthusiasm and fervour to honour Lord Ganesha, son of Lord Shiva and ...

Natural clay is a non-renewable material usually mined in states like Gujarat and West Bengal and brought to Maharashtra and other parts of India to make idols. Clay mining in some cases has impacts ...

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will distribute one lakh clay Ganesh idols free of cost to citizens and NGOs at 34 locations across Hyderabad, from August 24 to 26.