Lord Ganesh to land in city in chartered chopper

Lord Ganesh to land in city in chartered chopper
Preparation for the Ganesh Festival
Organizers of a Ganpati pandal plan to bring the idol for Ganpati festivities to the city from Mumbai. And the Elephant God will not arrive in any commercial flight but a chartered helicopter. Haringar Panch Rasta Yuvak Mandal (HPRYM) and Sainath Yuvak Mandal who will jointly organize the pandal at Harinagar this year have decided to bring an idol from Mumbai. In the previous years, the location has seen a silver idol with golden ornaments that was immersed at Somnath and an idol made of synthetic diamond-like stones called zirconia stones. The organizers are now in the process of getting permission for the event. They plan to bring the idol to the city on September 18. The idol will then be installed near Haringar crossroads on September 19. They had applied for permission to use a Vadodara Municipal Corporation plot to make the helipad and have been granted the same. Shwejal Vyas of HPRYM said the mandal was looking to get other permissions too. "Since we have been given permission for the land for the helipad, we will now proceed with other formalities. If all goes well, the city will witness such an event for the first time," Vyas said. BJP councillor Rajesh Ayre, who is coordinating with the youths for the event, said the idol will be kept at his residence on September 18 after it lands. "It will then be taken to the pandal on the next day. There are several other unique features of the idol and decoration at the pandal that will be disclosed at a later stage," he said. Sources said an amount over Rs 3 lakh will be spent on bringing the idol to the city. The idol is being made by an artisan in Mumbai. From VNM TV