Green Ganesha Afterschool!

Ganesh Puja or Vinayaka Chathurthi is tomorrow! What better activity than to let children make their own eco-friendly clay idols afterschool?

The activity has great educational value. For a good backgrounder, it is useful to refer to this study by researchers from the Kakatiya University (Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India). Hyderabad is already getting more enthusiastic about eco-friendly idols - here is a news article on this. Also important to remember is that our ancestors (who were definitely more religious and traditional than our generation is) always used clay idols. Several families still follow this tradition - buy a freshly made simple clay idol - without any colour - on the morning of the puja.