Bappa’s gift for the sea

The Sprouts team at work

After years of conducting beach clean-ups and picking up remnants of PoP Ganpati idols at various sites across the city, the team at NGO Sprouts Environment Trust decided to address the problem in another way: by making environmentally-viable idols. Eventually, they devised a campaign titled #GodSaveTheOcean. As opposed to PoP idols with toxic colours that pollute the sea and harm marine creatures, SPROUTS fashioned shaadu idols painted with organic colours, and filled them with vegetarian fish food to make them ocean-friendly. “The driving thought was that, ‘Only God can save the ocean now!’” says CEO Anand Pendharkar, adding that the idols (ranging from nine to 12 inches) are all sculpted and painted by college students. 
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Cost: Rs 1,650 onwards