Pune: The delayed approval for PoP Ganesh idols has not only sparked last-minute demand for such idols but also rushed ...

For the past 4-5 years, his family’s profits from selling just the small Ganesha idols ranged between Rs. 7,000-Rs. 8,000 a month in this festival season.

There certainly were enough workers to fill the small spaces in between the idols around us. The company employs 30 workers and 20 painters in a year round race to produce 40,000 idols to meet ...

Diwali 2024: Celebrated on October 31 this year, Diwali signifies the victory of light over darkness. For optimal puja, idols of Ganesha and Lakshmi should face east or north, with Ganesha on the ...

VIJAYAWADA: Large-scale Ganesh idols made using hazardous Plaster of Paris (PoP) are expected to flood the market once again this year. Artisans across both Krishna and NTR districts have already ...

This came after the Maharashtra government informed the HC about new guidelines for immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols ...

Panaji: Pravin Arlekar, the chairman of the Goa Handicrafts, Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd distributed subsidy cheques to the beneficiaries of the clay Ganesh idol ...

Amidst chants of ‘Ganesh Maharaj Ki Jai’ and the blaring of horns, the towering 70-feet Khairtabad Ganesh idol was immersed in Hussain Sagar Lake on the afternoon of Tuesday (September 17, 2024).

The HC was hearing a PIL filed by Thane-based Rohit Joshi and others, including nine clay-based and small-scale idol craftsmen, seeking strict implementation of the 2020 CPCB guidelines.

The first idol was immersed at 5.45 am at Hussainsagar, witnessed by a small crowd of early risers. Lakhs of people were at the spot by 9 pm, when over 1.02 lakh idols were reportedly immersed in ...