Cleanliness is only ‘next’ to Godliness

Updated On Sept 29, 2015 05:23 pm IST
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Updated on Sept 29, 2015 05:23 pm IST

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An idol is immersed in polluted Yamuna river on Ganesh Chaturdashi, the immersion day, in New Delhi, on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An idol is immersed in polluted Yamuna river on Ganesh Chaturdashi, the immersion day, in New Delhi, on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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Tall, intact Ganesh idols were taken out of the Yamuna river after they were immersed, in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Tall, intact Ganesh idols were taken out of the Yamuna river after they were immersed, in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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Generally made out of Plaster of Paris, these Idols do not disintegrate in water, and then lie stranded near the water bodies, like these ones on the banks of the polluted Yamuna river a day after Ganesh Chaturdashi, in New Delhi. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 29, 2015 05:23 pm IST

Generally made out of Plaster of Paris, these Idols do not disintegrate in water, and then lie stranded near the water bodies, like these ones on the banks of the polluted Yamuna river a day after Ganesh Chaturdashi, in New Delhi. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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A view of even more polluted Yamuna river after immersion of Ganesh idols on Ganesh Chaturdashi, in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A view of even more polluted Yamuna river after immersion of Ganesh idols on Ganesh Chaturdashi, in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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A worker pulling out idols from the polluted Yamuna river after their immersion on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A worker pulling out idols from the polluted Yamuna river after their immersion on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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Broken Ganesh idols and the materials of pooja on the banks of the polluted Yamuna a day after Ganesh Chaturdashi in New Delhi. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Broken Ganesh idols and the materials of pooja on the banks of the polluted Yamuna a day after Ganesh Chaturdashi in New Delhi. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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Flouting NGT's directions, devotees submerging Ganesh Idols and discarding ‘pooja samagri’ in polluted Yamuna river in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Flouting NGT's directions, devotees submerging Ganesh Idols and discarding ‘pooja samagri’ in polluted Yamuna river in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

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A polluted Yamuna after immersion of Ganesh idols after Ganesh Chatudashi, at Yamuna river in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A polluted Yamuna after immersion of Ganesh idols after Ganesh Chatudashi, at Yamuna river in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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A polluted Yamuna after immersion of Ganesh idols after Ganesh Chaturdashi, at Yamuna river in New Delhi on Monday. The ten day festival ends on a high note for the society, but not for the environment. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 29, 2015 05:23 pm IST

A polluted Yamuna after immersion of Ganesh idols after Ganesh Chaturdashi, at Yamuna river in New Delhi on Monday. The ten day festival ends on a high note for the society, but not for the environment. (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)

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