Demand for clay Ganeshas is going up every year. Thanks to the efforts of the environmentalists and also NGOs who are educating the public in general to protect the environment. The TS Government is also trying its best to save Hussainsagar from getting polluted.
Like every year the size of Ganesha idols was in court apart from the Nimajjan to be shifted to Indirapark. But the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi leaders said that the procession and the immersion process of Ganesha will go as it is and there is no change.
The congested bylanes of the Mangalhat are busy with with the Ganesh ido making process and the city gearing up to welcome Ganesha, the remover of obstacles.
The Lodha families, who work on clay and also plaster of paris , have a good reason to be hopeful this year. More than ever before, the demand for clay Ganeshas has reached peak in the city and the makes in city are working overtime with a shifting preference from plaster of Paris images to eco-friendly ones in some parts of city. “This year we have made three times the number of small sized clay Ganeshas as compared to last year said one of the regular makers of the idols.
At some places we could see Idol makers coloring the Ganesh idols of last year. Most of the lanes and bylanes in Mangahal are filled with Ganesahas of various sizes, shapes and forms. The kids of the makers are seen giving finishing touches to the images.
The police on the other hand are gearing up for Bakrid and Ganesh Chaturhti here in Hyderabad. The Khairatabad Ganesha is also getting ready and the change is that the this idol shall be the first one to be immersed in lake waters .
Some sweet shops and NGOs are giving clay Ganeshas in small sizes at free of cost. Some of them are selling for Rs 11.
