The youngsters of the city are learning to make eco-friendly idols of lord Ganesha to observe Ganesh Chaturthi.
The workshop based on eco-friendly Ganesha is being organised by Jawahar Bal Bhavan for kids at its premises. The workshop that began here from Thursday is a week long workshop to let the children learn about eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi.
The workshop will be continued till August 24. The workshop is being conducted by expert Julius Francis. He is an exper in clay modeling and is training the participants to create the life-like clay model of lord Ganesh with black clay.
While informing about the workshop director of Jawahar Bal Bhavan Tripti Tripathi said that through this workshop, the people are urged to install the eco friendly Ganesh idols at their homes to observe the Ganesh Chaturthi this year. Made up of eco friendly material and coloured with the herbal colours the idol of lord Ganesha will be worshiped at homes.
During the workshop, the participants are taught to prepare lord Ganesha out of black soil.
The participants will also decorate their lord Ganesha idol with natural colours and natural accessories.
According to Tripti, the idols made up of Plaster Of Paris (POP) and other chemicals and also coloured with artificial colours look pretty and beautiful but at the same time they prove to be hazardous for the environment.
With the chemicals get mixed up with water after the immersion of the idol it could prove to be crucial for public health as well.