Idols made of seeds taking roots in city

Hyderabad: In a first, a city-based organization, Green Waves Environmental Solutions, has come with a unique concept of making eco-friendly Ganesh by using 21 varieties of seeds. "The 21 leaves that are used to worship the Lord during Vinayaka Chaturthi those seeds are used for making these idols.

These idols are not immersed in any water bodies but water is poured over the idol. Once the Ganesh idol dissolves, the seeds sprout and plants start to grow," said P.Anil Chowdary, Managing Director, Green Waves Environmental Solutions.

To create awareness on the use of eco-friendly idols, the organization is also conducting clay Ganesh-making workshops in IT sectors, colleges and housing society, where people are being taught to make their own clay idols. Also, all the raw materials are provided free of cost by our organization at the workshop. "Till now we have made 120 idols and the size of each idol is 2 inches, 5 inches and 8 inches tall and more than 10 members of the organization who made these idols," said Anil.

The seeds of vegetable climbers such as Bottle Gourd, Round Gourd, Beans, vegetable plants including

Ladies finger, Green chillies, tomato, brinjal, Drumstick, Red bead, Rosewood, medicinal plants such as Tulasi, Basil and Devakanchan, Marigold, Sunflower, Water lily are used.