Vinayaka Chaturthi came and went. And as it did go by, the religious and the not so religious living in the North Bangalore area decided to bid farewell to the Elephant God in style. So the toxic paint coated Ganesha was taken dipped in a small tank inside Sankey Tank. And they all went home to return to their clean existence.
Poor Ganesha rotted and rotted and rotted! The pool in which he was soaked changed from Green to Black. It was bad. I could literally count some 5 dozen diseases waiting to be unleashed!
And to make matters worse, the caretakers for this morning walkers paradise, decided to pump the crappy water to the main tank. So this morning when I went walking, I saw a bottle of Bisleri floating towards me! Lays chips was hanging around! The whole tank had a sheen of the black goo floating around. We take something nice, as in the Sankey Tank, and with a vengance destroy it in the name of God. Why do we do this to ourselves...I don't understand. I am alrady dreading next year Vinayaka Chaturthi. More people, more poisonous Ganeshas.
And all this as a mark of respect to the most huggable, benevolent of the Gods! We must be crazy!
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