Ganesh celebrations: Khairatabad Ganesh statue, 21 metres high | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: With the Ganesh celebrations The starting signal will be given on 7 September, and the craftsmen will give the Khairatabad Ganesh Statue, usually the largest among all Ganesh statues in the state.
This year’s idol will reach an impressive height of 70 feet, making it the biggest idol since the Khairatabad Ganesh celebrations began in 1954. “As this is the 70th year “Since we started hosting the Ganesh celebrations, we have erected a 21-meter-high statue reflecting the number of years,” said one of the organizers of the Khairatabad Ganesh Utsav Committee.
Chennai-based sculptor Chinnaswamy Rajendran, with 30 years of experience in statue making, leads a dedicated team of 150 artisans in making the Saptamukha Maha Ganapati statue.
This year, the Ganesha statue will represent the divine marriage of Lord Srinivasa with Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. There will also be a depiction of Lord Ram’s statue from the Ayodhya temple, along with statues of the planets Rahu and Ketu.
The idol will be 28 feet wide and will be made of 35,000 kg of clay and 25 tonnes of iron and other materials. According to sources, the idol will cost around Rs 1 crore to make.
The Ganesh statue of Khairatabad stood at an impressive 63 feet tall last year, 13 feet more than the previous year.
It all began in 1954 when freedom fighter Shankaraiah first set up a small pandal with a tiny 30 cm tall statue to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. Over the years, the celebrations were organised on a grand scale and the height of the statue was increased by 30 cm every year. In 2014, the statue was 18 metres tall.
Moreover, Ganesh of Khairatabad takes a different form every year and his Laddu Prasadam is highly sought after by the hundreds of thousands of devotees who flock to the pandal.
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