Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh will be celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi festival this year in a very special manner. This year, the actor-producer will be rejoicing the 27th year in an eco-friendly manner for the very first time at his brand new home in South Mumbai. Due to Covid-19, the actor and his family will be limiting the 10-day festivity to a private affair.
Talking about his ecofriendly celebrations,he says, “This year’s theme is dedicated to new beginnings and this is the very first time when we have got an eco-friendly ‘bappa’ home. With Covid-19, I feel each one of us has realised that there is so much harm that the human race has caused to Mother Earth over the last decade. The only practical way forward is that we need to embrace more eco-friendly measures to protect the universe or else we are all heading towards doomsday.”
Speaking about this year’s celebrations and decorations, he adds, “The idol is of 18 inches as opposed to our longstanding yearly tradition of bringing home a 5-feet idol. All the decorations on him, including the clothes and ornaments have been created by my mother over the past two months. This year’s decoration has been completely done by me and baby Nurvi.”
This year, the actor has restricted himself from getting anything from outside and has decorated his room like a country yard with minimal decorations consisting of flowers like white jasminum sambac and yellow marigolds. Like every year, all the 10 days will be dedicated to different festivals of India like Holi, Diwali, Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami, etc followed by ‘chappan bhog’, the ‘homam’ and culminating with the ‘visarjan’.