Weeks before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, floods washed away months of work for idol makers in Maharashtra.

Mumbai, March 28: To promote eco-friendly festivals this year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will offer free permits for temporary mandaps to sculptors making eco-friendly Ganesh idols.

The NTR District has entered the World Book of Records, London, by making 7,730 clay Ganesh idols at an event organised here on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi on Tuesday (August 26, 2025). The event was ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal in Mann Ki Baat to use clay Ganesh idols instead of Plaster of Paris (PoP) has ...

Torrential rains have inundated workshops in Raigad's Pen taluka, nucleus of the idol-crafting industry that employs ...

Ahmedabad: Twenty years behind bars did not break Ganesh Bhati's devotion—it only shaped it anew. The 51-year-old clay idol maker from Hollywood Basti's famed Ganesh Murti Market, once condemned to ...

PM Modi calls for clay Ganesh idols over plaster of paris as Mumbai artisans promote eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.

Days of heavy rain in the state caused creeks to overflow and inundate Johe and Tambadshet villages in Pen taluka, where over ...

Clay not being easily available, dwindling number of artisans making idols, rising costs of paints have driven up the prices of Gauri-Ganesha idols this year. While the prices have only seen a small ...

VIJAYAWADA: NTR district has entered the World Book of Records (London) by preparing 7,730 eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols, setting a new global record. The initiative, jointly organised by the ...