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ECO FRINDLY GANESHA IDOL MAKER DEMAND TOATL BAN OF POP IDOLS.

Belagavi, july 09 – A Eco friendly “Clay idol Maker” Maruthi Jothiba Kumbar opined total Ban of Plaster of paris (POP) Ganesha idols in the district and entire the country.

Artist Kumbar said ,  Plaster of paris  (POP) idols dander to the environment,  Belagavi district administration and The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has  banned  Ganesha idols made of plaster of Paris (PoP) and painted with chemically loaded colors.

every one artist should be follow the government order and  help to protect the environment, he said.

Kumbar said, Our family  begins this work  decades ago,  I was started this work from 1952, he said.

My intention our next generation also continue the idol making work and save the tradition and culture, because this is god’s work,  He said.

We  started idol making work since  two months, more than Ten expert artists working with me,  we prepare only Five Hundred idols up to  One feet to Ten feet height,  the price will be start from 1100 (1 feet) to  Fifty  thousand ( 10 feet height) rupees. Already booking started,  He said.

 We making only Clay idols, this is very difficult because of Labour, suitable mud (soil), transportation   and place  problem,  we bring the   suitable and quality  Mud (soil) from Kanapur.
,  we adjusted the place for Rent basis, we need around Two lack rupees rent for  private land owners for place. This is very big burden, he said.

Mr. Kumbar  said,  Belagavi Ganesha idol artists  ready to provide sufficient Eco friendly Clay idols to the devotees, but we  facing  sufficient place problem,  we appealed to the  government and district administration to provide   open places or    Belagavi City Corporation  complexes  MT    places. We ready to minimum rent to them, he said.

Some of Ganesha idol  dealers  bring the POP  idols  from border area on during  period of Ganesha festival and sale here with cheap rate,  many devotees  ready to buy  such type of POP idols,  this is totally wrong and  loss to real Clay idol artists,  government  and related department  should  be take care of it and set up check post at border area and avoid supply of POP idols to the city, He said.

The border  district of Belagavi connected with Maharashtra and Goa state,  This district have mixed culture and tradition,  The Belagavi people are ready to celebrate forthcoming Ganesha festival in the city and entire district. The 11-day (This year 24-08-2017).
long festival which is celebrated to honor Lord Ganesh begins with people bringing the Ganesh idols home or setting up pandals with colorfull lighting,   

more than  lakh Ganesh idols are installed in city and surrounding areas every year. There are more than  400  public Ganesh Festival Committees.

Large number of Devotees  will coming to Belagavi during this period  from border Area of NIppani, Sankeswar, Chikkodi, Goakak, Hubballi-Darwad, Kolapur, Goa, and many other places.

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