Goa: Paper Ganeshas
Ponda,
Sep
19,
2007
:
Following
an
age-old
tradition,
two
families
in
Goa
worship
paper
idols
of
the
Hindu
elephant
god.
This
tradition
no
doubt
is
environment
friendly
and
prevents
pollution
when
these
idols
are
immersed
in
water.
Even as the debate on the pollution caused by immersion of mud and paint idols in the sea heats up across India, the Shenvi Khandeparkar&Shenvi Navelkar families in Ponda district of Goa worship paper idols of the deity in keeping with an age old tradition.
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Story first published: Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 17:54 [IST]