21-kg Balapur Ganesh laddu fetches record ₹39 lakh at auction

The famous 21–kg Balapur Ganesh laddu fetched a record ₹39 lakh at the annual auction on Friday (September 25, 2026) with Sama Praneeth Reddy, founder of Urban Group Private Limited, placing the winning bid.

The auction, which is held every year as part of the Balapur Ganesh festivities, has become one of the most anticipated events of the Ganesh festival in Hyderabad. The winning bid was ₹4 lakh higher than the ₹35 lakh fetched by the laddu in 2025.

A total of nine bidders participated in this year’s auction. Before the bidding began, members of the Balapur Ganesh Utsav Samithi offered prayers to Lord Ganesh and sought rain, amid a deficiency in rainfall this year.