This Group in Mangalore is on a Mission During Ganesh Chaturthi: Check Out

August 31: Ganesha Chathurthi is just two days away and the preparations are in full swing across the district.
Eco Friends Group in Mangalore is on a mission to create awareness on eco-friendly Ganesha idols and celebrations. The group has been distributing Ganesha idols made of clay and saplings in a few government schools. This is done to create among school children and college students to avoid Ganesha idols made of plaster of paris and also plastic decorative items that pollute the environment.
This Eco Friends Group comprises of doctors, advocates, engineers along with other like-minded people. They had attempted to create a similar awareness among the people last year by distributing Ganesha Puja Kit called Thota Ganapa where the Ganesha idol would transformed into a plant on immersion.
The students are encouraged to use mango leaves and flowers for decoration instead of plastic flowers and other decorative items made of non-degradable items.
As a part of this mission, clay Ganesha idols and saplings were distributed to school children where the students are told about the ways to immerse the idol and on how to decorate the idol in an eco-friendly manner.