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A woman artist from Gujarat’s Surat carved out an eco-friendly idol of Lord Ganesha using soap ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.<\/p>\n

Aditi Mittal said she had been making such idols for the last six years.<\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a> | Gujarat: A woman artist from Surat carved out an eco-friendly idol of Lord Ganesha using soap for Ganesh Chaturthi. (18.09) pic.twitter.com\/rVucGz7unq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOver the last six years, I have been making eco-friendly Ganesha idols. This year, I thought of carving out Ganesha idols by imbibing PM\u00a0Modi’s ‘Swachta Abhiyan’,\u201d Ms Mittal told ANI.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made the idol using soap. A total of 2,655 kg of soap was used in the making of this idol. It took us a total of seven days to make it,” said Aditi Mittal.<\/p>\n

Another Bhubaneswar-based miniature artist, L Eswar Rao, also crafted eco-friendly idols of lord Ganesha along with goddesses Saraswati and Laxmi on solid clay.<\/p>\n

Speaking to ANI, L Eswar Rao said, “For the last 22 years, I have been creating miniature art on penile nib, chalk, turmeric seed, inside the bottle and many more. I have crafted eco-friendly idols of lord Ganesha along with goddess Saraswati and Laxmi ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, which is a famous festival of Odisha’s Jatni village in Khurda district.”<\/p>\n

“I have also created a pandal using matchsticks and solid clay, where I installed idols of lord Ganesha and goddess Saraswati and Laxmi. It took me seven days to complete the idols and decorative pandal,” Mr Rao told ANI.<\/p>\n

“The height of the Ganesha idol is 3.5 inches whereas the idols of goddesses Saraswati and Laxmi are about 3 inches tall. The pandal housing the deities is 9 inches tall from bottom to top,” Mr Rao added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, to spread the message of environmental conservation, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and ‘Big Green Ganesha’ on Monday launched ‘Eco-Friendly Ganesha’ idols in the city.<\/p>\n

Mayor Shelly Oberoi flagged off the ‘Eco-Friendly Ganesha’ Rath from the Civic Center today. Now ‘Eco-Friendly Ganesha’ idols will be available in all areas of the national capital. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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