Shadu Mati Ganpati visarjan at home — what do you actually do with the mud afterwards?
With Ganpati season coming up, I’m seeing a lot of people encouraging shadu mati Ganesh idols and saying that you can do the visarjan at home in a bucket/tub and then use the dissolved clay for plants, etc.
I genuinely like the idea of avoiding traditional immersion in water bodies, but I have one practical question for people living in apartments/flats:
What do you actually do with the shadu mati after home visarjan?
In my case:
- I live in a residential society.
- The society doesn’t allow us to dispose of the clay in the garden.
- I obviously can’t pour the clay into the toilet/bathroom drainage because it could cause choking/blockages.
- I’ve also heard that directly putting the clay into pots/plants isn’t necessarily ideal, especially if there are paints, colours, or other materials mixed into the idol.
So for someone living in a flat with limited space, what is the proper and practical way to dispose of or reuse the shadu mati after visarjan?
Are there any municipal collection centres, Ganpati visarjan arrangements, NGOs, or society-level solutions in Pune that accept the dissolved clay?
Would especially appreciate suggestions from people who have actually done home visarjan with a shadu mati idol. What did you do with the clay afterwards?
I’m trying to understand the complete process before deciding whether home visarjan is actually practical for an apartment. 🙏