34yearold consultant from gurgaon says i made the ganesha idol for my house myself for the first time last year and attended a workshop to learn that its ecofriendly and instead of spending money to buy an idol from the market it is better to spend it in learning to create something that is yoursganeshamaking in progressganeshas that grow into a plantmany potters who conducted the workshops have added seeds in the clay used for making ganesha so that they can grow into plants these ecofriendly ganesha idols remain unbaked each idol contains seeds and organic manure so it can take the form of beautiful plants says rajesh maurya who runs a pottery studio in noida sector 52 pratima dadwal 61 adds i love gardening and making my own ganesha with seeds in it gave me another excuse to plant one more sapling in my gardenpeople across ncr are choosing not to buy ganesha idols and are instead learning to make their own ganpati from clay which is being taught at several workshops with inputs from riyasharmatimesgroupcom and abhimanyumathurtimesgroupcomwatch make your own ganesha workshops a hit in delhincr