Ganesh mandals have come in for criticism for competitively large PoP (plaster of paris) idols as well as their insistence on immersion in natural water bodies. The Samiti has also taken up for ...
Guest 1: Prashant Desai, President of Sri Ganesh Murti Makers’ Association, Maharashtra ...
A POP ban would cripple them financially ... Damaging a sacred murti during worship would be sacrilege. Ganesh is supposed to be the vighnaharta (obstacle-remover). How can we risk cracks?” ...
MUMBAI: A blanket ban on Plaster of Paris (POP) idols for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival in August has worried the sculptors and sarvajanik (community) mandals that use this ...