Eco-Friendly Ganesh Murthis
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Ganesha. Let's have a look at history of the Ganesh festival. Lord Ganesha is elephant headed God, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. One day Goddess Parvati was going to bathe but there was no one to guard her door. So she made an idol using sandalwood and gave life to it. She ordered the boy to guard the entrance and forbid anyone to enter. Sometime later, when Lord Shiva returned home, he met with the boy at entrance. They both didn't know each other. As following Parvati's command, the boy stopped Shiva from entering. Shiva tried a lot to convince the boy but he denied to let him in. Shiva felt insulted and got very angry. He ended up chopping the boy's head with his 'Trishul'. Parvati came out to see what had happened. The moment she saw her son's head and body lying apart on the floor, she got furious. She was very heartbroken. She demanded to bring the boy back to