Below are a series of photographs of more eco-friendly mud Ganeshas, which are safer and more environmentally friendly. However these type of mud statues should be purchased without the gold paint, glitter or piercing eyes! Craftspeople creating ecofriendly mud Ganeshas are all around Tiruvannamalai, the below photographs were taken off the Chengham Road, opposite both Seshadri and Ramana Ashrams.
Householders brought their own small kolam adorned benches with them in order to welcome their completed Ganesha idols.
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Beginning the day with a vast mountain of mud
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| Pressing the mud into Ganesha Moulds |
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| The group co-operating in their street assembly line |
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| Ganesha coming out of Mould |
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| Getting ready for a final tidy-up |
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| Adding to some statues piercing red eyes |
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| Putting the Ganesha onto Househoulder's kolam-board |
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| A very handsome Ganesha on his way home |
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| Golden Ganeshas radiating throughout Tiruvannamalai |
