ECO Ganapati celebration

This is how we celebrated Ganesh utsav in our society (Sumadhura Sawan) in eco-friendly manner.

Let Ganesha get you more healthy and prosper environment.

Guideline to be followed:

1)  Organiser: Be part of festival management team in society.If you are in committee you can contribute more easily.
    All email communication regarding celebration should include note to bring water bottle,bowls and cloth bag #byoc .

2)  Idol: Get clay Ganesha without colors. I had to fight for clay Ganesha without colors for almost 2 weeks. Prepare yourself to fight till end. Involve like-minded people n raise your voice .

Be ready to answer below questions: (answer in blue)

·   Clay Ganesha will break easily. (We will handle it carefully . It used to be clay idols only when Ganesha festival started. People have used it  for years so it won’t be a problem ).

·   Without color Ganesha won’t look good. ( You need to see inner beauty and God idols look pretty always. I convinced them to decorate Ganesha with flowers and dhoti ).

·   At last team got agreed to get eco gansesha . And everyone was so happy to see Clay Idol ,I must say the best Idol I have ever seen.

3) Kids Activity: We announced Eco- Ganesha making competition for society kids. Kids were excited and we were surprised to see their creativity and ideas.

       

4) Decoration: We used flowers, paper, cloth curtains for decoration. No plastic ,no thermacol .

5) Box to collect pooja waste: Decorated one box with some crepe paper and kept in one corner of pandal. Pooja organizer requested to collect all pooja waste(flowers and fruit peels) in this box.Do not trash flowers,coconut shells and fruit peels.

   

  7) Pooja and Prasad :We requested pooja organizer to get all pooja                     flowers/fruits in cloth bag or in basket. 

      For prasad distribution we asked everyone to get their own boxes and for           defaulters we used banana leaves and leaf bowls. Banana leaves and leaf           bowls were kept in compost bin later on.

          For water we got some reusable glasses which were kept near water                   station. This also encourages many to get their own bottle.

      8) Prize distribution: We gifted potted pots to winner of Eco Ganesha                   competition. People may object for this but it was a hit ,kids loved it.

      9) Visarjan: I tried my best to get inside tanker for visarjan but there was a

           separate place dedicated by bbmp for visarjan. Where nearby apt did                visarjan within society which is best practice. We made sure no                          plastic or flowers going for visarjan because people get flowers n prasad            during visarjan so a check must needed.

      10) Post Activities: I got my box at home and kept some of the flowers,                fruit peels and coconut shells in a pot with some dry leaves and 1 spoon of        curd .After 20 days I got a fine compost with pleasant earthy smell.

                           

               

      

         Rest of the flowers I kept for sunlight drying  and made fine color which I          used for holi celebration.

            

If you have not started home composting yet please check below like for easy step by step process.

How to do composting at home

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