Sweet Maker from Tapeswaram is all set to create a new record. Sri Bhakthanjaneya’s Suruchi Foods proprietor Polisetti Mallibabu, is going to make the heaviest ever laddu, weighing 12,500 kg.
Since 2010, Suruchi Foodshas been making laddu for Khairatabad Ganesh idol. Last year the laddus weight was 6000 kg, due to which the organizers faced problem in distributing the laddu to the devotees. But this year the Khairatabad Ganesh Utsav organisers’ requested him to confine the weight of the laddu to 500 kg.
High Court already restricted the height of Ganesh idols in Hyderabad city and size of the laddus last year asking organizers to strictly adhere to it.
The 12,500 kg laddu will be an offering to Lord Ganesh for Ganesh Chaturthi on September 5 at Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam.
However, he is putting his experience of making laddus of such enormous sizes to use by making the heaviest one yet. The organisers, who welcomed his idea, said that they would place it before the idol and then give it away as prasad to devotees. It will cost him Rs 30 lakh.
The heaviest laddu ever made until now weighs 11,115 kg: it was made by Arasuri Ambaji Matha Devaasthan Trust at Ambala in Gujarat.
Proprietor of Suruchi Foods said that “he was being pressured by organizers of the Khairatabad Ganesh Pandal on the size of the laddu and they did not allow him to make bigger size as they found distribution of the laddu a big problem.”
Suruchi Foods which is popular for home-made Tapeswaram Kaja and attracted the attention of people of united Andhra Pradesh by offering a mega laddu to the tallest Khairatabad Ganesh idol from the year 2010—has decided to give a 12,500-kg ‘maha laddu’ to ‘Maha Ganapati’ to be installed in the Gajuwaka area of Visakhapatnam this year.
He said “Last time, I offered 6,000-kg laddu to Khairatabad Ganesh and this time I asked them to allow me to make more than 10,000 kg to create a Guinness Record, which they rejected. So, I decided to take the Vizag route and give them (Khairatabad) only 500 kg laddu. The distribution of the ‘Mega Laddu’ that he offered free of cost to Khairatabad Ganesh became a problem so the organizers wanted the size to be restricted to 500 kg this year.”
He said that “the first Maha Laddu was given to them free of cost in 2010 when the size was 600 kg; in 2011 it became 2,400 kg; in third year 3,500 kg; fourth year 4,200 kg; fifth year 5,200 kg; and sixth year (2015) they offered 6,000 kg. The laddu of 500 kg will be transported to Hyderabad and on September 5 handed over to the Khairatabad pandal organisers in the presence of Governor Narasimhan and several Ministers.”
He added that “this time they aimed at entering the Guinness Book-last year the huge laddu of 11,115 kg was prepared at Ambaji town of Gujarat-and now they want to break the record with 12,500 kg laddu for Vizag. Mr. Mallibabu said this laddu would cost Rs.30 lakh and was ready to bear the amount with the support of his friends in this area and offer it to Gajuwaka Ganesh free of cost.”
Mr. Mallibabu and 20 others will make the ‘laddu’ in their home-cum-factory at Tapeswaram on Augurst 28 after performing Ganesha puja and doing Ganesh Mala dharana. The actual making of laddu will start on September 2 and finishing touches will be given the next day and it will be displayed to the public on Sept. 4 and transported to Visakhapatnam on the same day.
The ingredients of the 12,500-kg laddu include 400 kg of cashew nuts, badam (200 kg), yellow camphor (20 kg), cardamom (38 kg), Bengal gram (3,350 kg), ghee (2,400 kg) and 4,950 kg of sugar.
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BY M.DIVYA SRI
