Tree Ganesha A New Eco Friendly Ganpati To Bring This Year

Photo credit: Tree Ganesha website

If you are bringing Ganpati Bappa on this auspicious occasion of Chaturthi, then have you heard about Seed Ganpati? It's a new concept where a Ganesh is grown into a plant or a tree which is 100% eco-friendly and nature friendly. An innovative idea for tree plantation and creating awareness is back in the trend. Tree Ganpati is made up of rich red soil,natural manure and watercolour (which easily dissolves into water)and implanted with seeds.

As the part of green India challenge, Rajya Sabha MP Joginapalli Santosh Kumar started a campaign of distributing Ganesh idols embedded with neem seeds to the citizens. Multiple online sellers have come up with the concept of making and selling Tree Ganpati idols across India.

Celebrities like Dia Mirza visited a local Tree Ganpati seller with The Quint and showed us the process of how the Ganpati is made. While she showed around she talked about how the Tree Ganpati is made up of red soil and natural fertilizer which at the end will help the nature and turn itself into a tree. Later she said, " She solely believes that people should notice the effort put in the making of Tree Ganpati and should look forward to buying such Bappa".

 Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar who is also an environmental activist urges people to opt for eco-friendly Ganesh. She said, "This is my favourite festival and we have been celebrating Ganpati for years in my family. Since I've been on this journey of climate conservation, I've realised that there are better ways of celebrating this festival,more sustainable ways. Nature is God, God is Nature. We have to find better alternatives".

Other Bollywood celebs such as Manushi Chillar, Hrithik Roshan,Shardha Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh opted for Tree Ganpati keeping nature in mind and to help nature heal instead of getting it polluted.