Overview

• The 10‑kg laddu at Keerthi Richmond Villas in Bandlaguda sold for ₹2.32 crore on Friday night, beating last year’s ₹1.87 crore mark.
• Organisers used a group auction format with more than 80 villa owners split into four teams placing about 500 bids over roughly 2.5 hours.
• Proceeds from the Richmond Villas sale go to the RV Diya Charitable Trust, which supports over 42 NGOs working in education, health, women’s welfare, nutrition and animal care.
• Balapur’s 21‑kg laddu was auctioned on Saturday for a record ₹35 lakh, with Lingala Dasharath Goud of Karmanghat placing the winning bid.
• City authorities deployed large police contingents and imposed traffic curbs for Ganesh immersion processions, as a minor procession snag in Balapur delayed the auction start.