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The many avatars of Bappa

Ganesh Chaturthi is yet another chance for the city's local artistes to present their talent.

At the 54-year-old Sai Darshan Mitra Mandal (54yrs) at Malad, this nine-foot Ganpati idol is made out of old coins. The idol weights around 250 kilos, the weight including the 20,000 coins glued on a paper idol. This 80-kilo paper idol is glued with old coins that dates back to 1940 -1965.

Made entirely out of wedding card paper, this seven-foot eco-friendly Ganpati idols is made from 60,000 tinted sheets.

This 9.5-foot Ganpati idol weighs over 19 kg. Giving the traditional materials a skip, the pandal made use of materials like pasta, nachos, noodles and even pizza.

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We won’t blame if you don’t understand why this idol made it to the list, since it resembles your traditional Ganpati statue. But this 21-feet idol is made using 75-kg tissue paper and 35 kg glue.

Sapurpada Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal made a Ganpati idol made of 40,440 flowers in total.

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