New Delhi:People celebrate this festival of Janmashtami with great pomp. Every Krishna devotee eagerly waits for this festival. Let us tell you, the festival of Janmashtami is on 4th September this year, which will be celebrated with great pomp across the country. Its preparations have already started. Even before this Pawan festival, many people have started preparations for clothes, makeup and decorations for Kanha ji. But in such a situation, everyone's question remains that how to clean the idol of Kanha ji. With time the idol turns black and no matter how much you clean it, the color of the idol never returns to its original form. In such a situation, let us know some home remedies, with the help of which you can make the idol of Kanha ji shine.
Clean with curd and gram flour
Prepare a natural paste to clean the idol of Kanha ji. For this you will have to take very sour curd and gram flour. After this, mix these two in a bowl and make a paste. Along with this, add a little lemon juice and a pinch of turmeric powder to it. Now apply this paste on the idol of Kanha ji and leave it for 10-15 minutes. Then you rub it thoroughly with light hands and wash it with clean water.
Clean the blackened idol with mango powder.
After a few years the idol becomes quite black. You can clean it with mango powder. For this, prepare a paste by mixing sour curd, sugar, mango powder and a pinch of turmeric in a bowl. Apply this paste on the idol of Kanha ji and then rub it with light hands. Then you will see that all the blackness has started removing. And the idol will start shining, after which you can wash it in clean water and wipe it.
Clean the idol of Kanha ji with local water.
You can also use a bowl of Desh Khand to clean the idol of Kanha ji. First of all, apply coconut oil and massage. This will start removing the blackness. After this, apply sour curd on the idol and take a little desi khand and start rubbing it with light hands. After rubbing for some time, the blackness of the idol will start clearing. After this wash the idol with clean water.
Can also be cleaned with salt and tomato
Since tomatoes have a slight sourness, you can also use this home remedy to clean brass or bronze statues or utensils. For this, take half a tomato, put salt on the tomato and then rub it gently 5-10 times. After this your idol of Kanha ji will shine. Now wash it with clean water and wipe it with a cloth.