Rs 46 lakh for Ganesh laddu, Hyderabad sees new record

Hyderabad: Auctions for the laddu prasadam from Ganesh idol pandals soared to a new high this year with the laddu of the Marakatha Shree Lakshmi Ganapati Utsav Pandal in Alwal circle going for a whopping Rs.46 lakh.

This pushed the famous Balapur Laddu, which was auctioned for Rs.24.6 lakh this year, to second place.

The Marakatha Shree Lakshmi Ganapati Utsav Pandal laddu was auctioned for Rs 45,99,999, making it the highest bid for a prasadam laddu not just in the twin cities, but across both the Telugu States.

While the Balapur laddu was successful bid by a local farmer and realtor V Laxma Reddy for a whopping Rs.24.60 lakh, the Sri Lakshmi Ganapati Laddu of Kanajiguda Marakata was bid for Rs 45,99,999 by a couple, Geetapriya and Venkata Rao.