Ganesh Chaturthi 2019: Marathi celebs who celebrate a festival in an eco-friendly way

The season of Lord Ganesha’s welcome is here and everyone is preparing for the grand celebrations of Ganesha Chaturthi. The nation prepares to celebrate the biggest festival of the year with great fanfare. A Ganapati idol made by plaster of Paris is not bio-degradable. The government is also taking steps and trying as per their efforts to save the environment. And keeping in with the spirit, there are few celebrities who celebrate the festival in an eco-friendly manner. Conscious of environmental hazards, eco-friendly Ganeshas are a big thing now even with our Marathi celebs who ensure that they have an environmentally friendly celebration at home. Here are some Marathi celebs who take the lead for an eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi.

Raqesh Bapat is one of the most popular actors in the Marathi film industry. Not many are aware that the actor is an outstanding sculpture and painter too. The actor is known for celebrating the eco-friendly Ganesh festival every year. And since the last 13 years, the actor makes his own Ganesh idol using organic material and natural colours. After the festival, he immerses it into a tub at his building’s terrace and after the idols get dissolved, he then pours the water in the garden.

The actor-director, Ravi Jadhav celebrates a Ganesh festival with a lot of grandeur, by not only using eco-friendly materials to make the idol. The idol is carved by his wife Meghana Jadhav himself. As for the visarjan, he immerses the idol in a bucket of water at home. Taking to his Instagram handle, Ravi shared the picture of his Lord Ganesh idol, where he can be seen painting the deities along with his wife. He captioned the post as "आपले देव व दैव आपणच घडवायचे. गेल्या २० वर्षांपासून आम्ही हे भक्तीभावाने करतोय !!! मोरया "

The chocolate hero of the Marathi industry, Swwapnil Joshi has always impressed his fans on the silver screen. The actor has brought home Ganapati idols made of ‘Panchdhatu’. Every year, the environment lover Swwapnil Joshi does the symbolic immersion of his panchdhatu Ganapati at his residence. With this there will be no harm to the environment and also will be an inner peace that their favourite God is staying with them. The actor also spreads awareness through social media, for celebrating the festival with full of joy but also to take care to not affect the environment adversely.

Riteish Deshmukh is one actor who is known for his Bollywood films as well as for his Marathi films. The actor celebrates a Ganesh festival with a lot of grandeur, by not only using eco-friendly materials to make the idol but also makes a pot stand wherein he puts mud and seeds to promote plantation. He shared a video of him making the idol from scratch and even painting it and shared it on social media saying, “Ganpati Bappa Morya #ecofriendly”

The Marathi industry's flawless beauty Sonalee Kulkarni has always impressed whenever she has appeared on the screen. Not many are aware that the actress is an outstanding sculptor and painter too. The actress is known for celebrating the eco-friendly Ganesh festival every year. Taking to Instagram, the actress has shared the pictures of herself sculpting the deity of Lord Ganesh. In another, she can be seen painting the deity of Lord Ganesh. From past several years, the actress makes her own Ganesh idol using organic material and natural colours.