During this year’s Vinayaka Chaviti festival, a 89-foot clay Ganesh idol to be installed at Lanka Grounds at Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam. What make the idol more special and attractive is that the pandal organising committee members have roped in renowned sculptor Chinnaswamy Rajendran. He has been designing and building the famous Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad since 1978. The works on the idol is under progress and team of Mr. Rajendran, is working overtime.
K. Ganesh Kumar from SV Entertainments and also organising committee member of the Ganesh pandal at Lanka grounds, said that they have been trying to rope in Mr. Rajendran since the year 2014, but the deal did not happen due to his busy schedule. “However, we are very fortunate to have him on board this year and we expect his hands will weave a magic,“ Mr. Ganesh said speaking to The Hindu.
This is not for the first time, SV Entertainment has set up Ganesh pandal. They have done it for eight years since 2012. Some of the heights of Ganesh idols they have set up so far include 40-foot, 55-foot, 65-foot and 79-foot and this time, they have decided to increase 10 more feet and fixed it at 89-foot.
