Over ₹1 cr to be spent on Khairatabad Ganpati idol; 150 artists creating it

Khairatabad Idol Making in progress

As India's one of the largest festival – Ganesh Chaturthi is nearing each day, preparations for making the country's tallest Khairatabad Ganapati idol in Hyderabad is in progress.

As per the committee, not only more than Rs 1 crore will be spent on the idol but interestingly, clay Ganesh (Eco-friendly) idol instead of POP will be installed this year.

This idol is being created by 150 artists this year. Paints have already started arriving from five different states, including Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh. The completion of the idol takes 80 days and the work had begun from 1st June this year.

Raj Kumar, Khairthabad Ganesh Utsav committe organiser, said that in the year 1954, Shakeriah Ji started installing Ganesh idol here. Every year, we have increased 1 foot of height. In 2015, 60 years was completed and we organisers thought we will reduce size every year but the devotees said the speciality of this Khairthabad Ganesh is height and asked us not to reduce size. In these 68 years, first time, we have decided to install clay Ganesh. 

The darshan for devotees will start on August 31 and Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and state Governor Tamilasai Soundararajan have been invited for inauguration.