Mumbai: With the threat of the third wave of towering, the state government has been, for the second year in a row, limiting idols in Sarvajanic Ganpati Mandal at 4 feet and at home on 2 feet.
The decision has raised hatred among representatives and mandal sculptors.
In fact, the committee has even threatened to cancel celebrations unless they are permitted high MOORTIS made of Paris (POP) plaster.
The annual GaneshotSAV guidelines issued by the home department on Tuesday appealed to people to seize celebrations and follow all other covid restrictions issued regularly.
The state urges worshipers to worship idols made of metal or marble (instead of paris plaster or clay).
Like last year, people are advised to pray to a permanent ganpati idol stored at home.
If people put idols, it must be made of clay so that it can be embedded in the bathtub in the house itself.
The government has instructed the mandal to ensure no crowding on any ritual.
The process of Aagman and Visarjan to mark the arrival and immersion will not be permitted because they attract the crowd.
Notification of mandals notifications to drain Aarti and Darshan online as far as possible through Facebook networks, websites or cable TV.
Mandal can arrange awareness campaigns at Dengue, Covid-19 or do blood donor drives instead of routine cultural events.
But Moorikar Reshma Khatu said they would try to get the government to revise this guide.
Naresh Dahibawkar, President of Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samitavay Samiti, said, “We offer to hold a festival with all the Yogyakarta who is vaccinated, even ‘bio bubbles’ and Darshan Online.
I requested CM to call all stakeholder meetings and revise the rules.”