Why the Ganesha Idol Is Made of Clay and What the Mitti Is Actually Teaching You About Impermanence

Every year, you watch the Ganesha idol go into the water and call it visarjan. The clay dissolves, and so does the Ganpati you spent days decorating and worshipping. That dissolution is not the ending the festival builds toward, it is the whole point. The mitti was always meant to come apart. The question is whether you were paying attention.