from lord ganesh there are several organisations in the city that have conducted ecofriendly idol workshops recently ecoexist also conducted workshops to teach clay idol making and held sessions on the spiritual significance of ganesh festival these traditional clay idols made in pen are painted with natural colours such as turmeric multani mitti and geroo the initiatives taken include conducting workshops on biodegradable idol making use of ecofriendly accessories conducting sculpture workshops encouraging devotees to plant a laddoo made of cowdung with a seed inside and creating awareness in societies and it companies among others prerna valimbe and yogesh kodolikar of ecologic a social enterprise that has been creating awareness in societies and it companies about bringing home ganesh idols made from natural clay said we have distributed around 300 ganesh idols made from natural clay around 22 members of the sadguru shree aniruddha upasana kendra pune have made 1200 ganesh idols from paper pulp made from jaap notebooks offered by devotees