This year Mumbaikars are being offered idols that are not made of Plaster of Paris and chemical paints. Every year, Mumbai sees over 1.5 lakh Ganesh idols immersed in the waters, leading to major pollution.
A good move from an NGO to curb Sea Pollution.
This is indeed good news. we need save ocean from pollution. I remember as story on immersion of Lord Ganesha. Once a shp was sinking. The passengers remembered their god/ prophet and were saved- Christians by Christ, Muslims by prophet Mohammad, Sikhs by Guru Nanak. The Hindus were still scary. They were calling Rama, Krishna, Sai Baba, Ma Vaishno and so on. Then one person suggested that all should remember only one god. Soo they decidsed to call Lord Ganesha. Lord Ganesha appeared and began moving the ship up and down thereby drowning the ship. The devotees cried- O Lord, please save us. You are instead drowning us. Then Ganesh retorted- do you not drown me every year in sea? why should I spare you?
Although the 'new idols are supposed to be good for environment,' it is bizarre to read that fish food has been added to them. Hard to accept that. Instead the idols can be just symbolically submerged three times in water and taken out again to be used the next year again. That would be a better solution than adding something to be eaten by fish. What guarantee is that the colours of idols are not harmful to the fish?
@rambabu