With Ganesh Chaturthi nearing, idols, both big and small, have sprung up on every street corner in Nellore and Ongole as part of the nine-day festival.
The civic and police officials, who banned big social gatherings in the last two years, have relaxed the stringent conditions this time, making way for grand celebrations across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Idol-makers at Chagollu in Nellore district got a good number of orders well in advance despite increase in the production cost following rise in the price of inputs, including paint by over 20%. Idols from here are taken to different parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
