Hyderabad: Massive 580 Kilograms Laddu Prepared For Ganesh Chaturthi

The huge laddu, a dessert of Indian sub-continent, was made up with ingredients such as220 kg of sugar, 145 kg of cow ghee, 175 kg of Bengal gram, 25 kg of Cashew nuts, 13 kg of almonds, 3 kg of cardamom, 1kg of green camphor.

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Hyderabad: As the 10-day long celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi began on Thursday, people at across India welcomed bappa to their homes with open arms. To make the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi  a Tapeswaram-based sweet firm prepared a special laddu Hyderabad The massive laddu weighs around 580 kilograms and was prepared by PVVV Mallikarjuna Rao aka Malle Babu. The huge laddu, a dessert of Indian sub-continent, was made up with ingredients such as220 kg of sugar, 145 kg of cow ghee, 175 kg of Bengal gram, 25 kg of Cashew nuts, 13 kg of almonds, 3 kg of cardamom, 1kg of green camphor. The laddu, popularly known as 'Maha Prasadam', was transported to Hyderabad's Film Nagar Wednesday evening. It will be brought to Khairatabad Ganesh Mandap later in the day. The Prasadam will be distributed among the people after the completion of Pooja. The ten-day festival, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi, falls on the fourth day of the Hindu month Bhadrapada, usually in August or September. On the last day of the festival, the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby water body.