India is now gearing for Ganesh Utsav scheduled next week. In a recent, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday allowed the celebration of the Ganesha festival in public places on August 22 even as the city's idol-makers are not finding many customers due to the restrictions of COVID-19 . The state had earlier banned the celebration of the festival in public under "decorated pandals" (makeshift tents) in residential and commercial areas to prevent the COVID-19 spread, restricting it to temples and homes.
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Now there has been ease in the norms of the celebrations. CM Yediyurappa said in a statement, "A Ganesha idol, not more than 4 feet tall can be installed in open spaces like playgrounds to celebrate the Hindu God's festival with limited (20) public participation to ensure social distancing. The Ganeshotsava committees celebrating the festival should take permission from the local civic office for installing only one idol in each locality," added the statement, saying that devotees would be allowed to worship the deity by keeping a six feet distance between themselves.
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CM's statement further added that, "The height of the Ganesha idol made of mud and to be worshipped at home by families should be 2 feet and has to be immersed in a tub or bucket in the house only as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs, cultural events, including music concerts and singing together, will not be allowed during the 10-day fest." The 4-feet tall idols will have to be immersed in mobile tanks that the city civic body will arrange in each of the 198 wards across the city or in nearby ponds.