Antarctic Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration
Indian Researchers Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi by Sculpting a Snow Idol in Antarctica
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Scientists from India’s National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi at Maitri Station in Antarctica by sculpting a Lord Ganesha idol from snow. They performed puja and aarti, shared modaks, and immersed the idol in a bucket of water inside the station, where it melted. The sustainable celebration, shared in a video by station doctor Anirudh Dhar, brought familiar festival traditions to the researchers far from home.
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The snow idol was decorated with a garland and small flowers before the team’s rituals.
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Anirudh Dhar credited Arvind Hosalkar and Kartik P. with creating the snow idol.
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Dhar joked that, despite spending three years near Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja, he had to travel 15,000 kilometres to attend his first visarjan.
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