Viral Video: The ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival which began on Friday is being celebrated with great fervour across the country. Though the celebrations remain subdued due to Covid restrictions, one can always celebrate with family or a close group of friends. For the festival, people are now coming up with creative eco-friendly ideas to prepare Ganesha idols and sweets. One such video of a chocolate idol, made by 10 chefs with more than 200 kgs of chocolate is going viral on social media. This eco-friendly Ganesha idol has been fashioned from pure Belgian chocolate, at bakery-cum-chocolate store in Sarabha Nagar of Ludhiana.
Ludhiana-based Restaurateur and chocolatier Harjinder Singh Kukreja shared the video of the Ganesha idol and wrote that it took 10 days to prepare it. He further mentioned that the Visarjan will be performed by immersing the idol in milk and the chocolate milk Prasad will be distributed among the underprivileged kids in slum areas.
“We’ve been making chocolate Ganesh since 2015 to send a message that we should celebrate festivals in eco-friendly ways,” he told ANI.
Punjab | A Ludhiana-based bakery makes a Ganesh idol from dark chocolate on the occasion of #GaneshChaturthi
"We've been making chocolate Ganesh since 2015 to send a message that we should celebrate festivals in eco-friendly ways," says bakery owner Harjinder Singh Kukreja pic.twitter.com/zAdvn936or
— ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2021
In an Instagram post, Harjinder Singh Kukreja shared the video and wrote, ”This is our 6th consecutive year of the Chocolate Ganesha! It took a team of 10 chefs, 10 days and 200+ Kgs Belgian Chocolate to make this eco-friendly Ganesha. Our edible Chocolate Lord Ganesha is a sweet reminder of all things good. We plan to do Visarjan (immersion) in milk and distribute Chocolate Milk Prasad to underprivileged kids in slum areas”.
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The video has gone viral, and many have appreciated the idea of an eco-friendly Ganesha idol, saying how it is good for our environment. ‘This is so wonderful’, wrote one user, while several others poured emojis.
According to an Indian Express report, the delicious chocolate idol will be on display at Kukreja’s Ludhiana-based Belgian chocolate bakery, ‘Belfrance’, in Sarabha Nagar, where residents can visit and pay their obeisance.
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