ACTUALLY it’s an idea whose time is ripe and it should catch fire very quickly! Many young folk who worry about the environment are switching over to super eco-friendly lifestyles and one of them is gifting one another a Plant Ganesh whatever the celebration!
What a great idea. What is Plant Ganesh? Simply, Ganesh idols made of pure clay and set in these five-inch recyclable plastic pots….your water them and over 15 days or so you get a plant of your choice. It’s an idea catching fire with a whole lot of people who want to see a better treated Mother Earth courtesy our civilization sins of omission and commission (as we can see suffering currently courtesy the diabolical Covid-19).
This Plant Ganesh is a super idea for those who would like to make a clean sweep of or skip the big-time extravagance of family and community huge Ganesh idols with all the accompanying ritualizing along with it – much of it totally unwarranted.
Say it’s a fresh new way of thinking Chovoth or Ganesh Chaturthi loving India and Indians! You can have your permanent Ganesh Plant collection – no vissarjan, only “nimarjan” of watering your Plant Ganesh afterwards till it turns into a plant. And there’re a whole range of plants to choose from Lakshmi Tulsi to Shyam Tulsi or Parijata and you have a choice between air plants, outdoor plants, fruits, succulents, cactus, creepers, ferns, palms, bonsai, flowering plants, bamboo – collect an indoor tableau of indoor plants if you wish.
It’s all about your Plant Ganesh growing with tender loving care over the days to steal your heart away. That’s the best way I can say it. Celebrate Chovoth this year around with a distribution of Plant Ganesh gifts all around. I think the brand name is TUK TUK and they’re offering a five percent discount on free shipping. Try the shop opposite Hospicio Hospital in Margao, I hear they’re dealing with a variety of Plant Ganesh called yes, Tuk Tuk! You may also order them online, check it out.
Needless to say this is the loveliest idea I’ve come across lately on another way to remember and pay homage to Lord Ganesh…without waking up the next morning to an unsightly scene of thousands of broken Ganesh paraphernalia lining our seashores and water bodies along with toxic paint poisoned dead marine life along our beaches and water bodies. It is high time we banned visarjan of Ganesh idols in public water bodies.