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Visakhapatnam, September 22, 2007

Laddu of this size is amongst the first in the history of Visakhapatnam

A gigantic laddu, for the first time in the history of Visakhapatnam is offered to Lord Ganesh at the 42 foot idol set up Vizag Defence Academy (VDA) on Friday evening. The huge laddu weighing 250kgs is taken in a special vehicle in a rally from 104 area to the pandal.

Women Corporates of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), representatives of various voluntary organizations, Naval and Police officers attended the programme. The special laddu prepared with 200 kg of boondhi made with ghee, 20kg of Madugula halwa, cashew nuts, almonds and 21 types of dry fruits.

With this, Visakhapatnam joined many cities like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and others in making the tallest Vinayaka idol and preparing a gigantic laddu.

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