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Hyderabad: On Sunday, a large number of devotees gathered to seek blessings from the 70-foot-tall Khairatabad Ganesh idol due to the long weekend holiday. Bargavi M., who visited with her family and relatives, told Deccan Chronicle, “We came with our relatives who are from Karimnagar to seek blessings from Lord Ganesha. A traffic cop managing the crowd mentioned, “The crowd …

Crowd Khairatabad Ganesha Idol

PoP Ganesha idols still rule people’s mindspace

With Ganesha Chaturthi 43 days away, the idol making is in full swing, with workers sourced from Chennai, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh are on job. During interactions with Deccan Chronicle, the idol sellers at Miyapur, Kukatpally, Nagole and Chaderghat pointed out that most orders were for PoP idols but there is a significant rise in demand for clay idols …

HYDERABAD: With 20 days left for the Ganesha festival, sculptors are pre-occupied making the first-ever clay idol of Khairatabad Ganesha. Ganesh Utsav Committee convener Sandeep Raj said that 1,000 35-kg bags of clay were procured from Rajasthan. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Raj said, “The main karigar has been called from Odisha as we have opted for a clay idol. Around …

Hyderabad top cop hails Khairatabad panel for clay Ganesha idol

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner C.V. Anand and GHMC chief Lokesh Kumar felicitated members of the Khairatabad Ganesh Utsav Samiti for their decision to make a clay Ganesh idol using organic colours for the Ganesha festival scheduled for the first week of August. Appreciating their move, Anand said that clay idols were pro-environment and appealed to the public to emulate the …

Ganesha gets joyful send-off

Big Ganesha has baby pond this time around

Hyderabad: With the Telangana High Court rejecting the plea of the state government to permit immersion of Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris in Hussain Sagar and other lakes, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been caught in a dilemma over big idols including Khairatabad Ganesha, apart from 30,000 other idols which were conventionally immersed in the iconic Hussain …