Overview

• The open auction at the Lalbaugcha Raja stage on September 11 ran from 5 pm to 10 pm and sold 108 donated gold and silver items.
• The mandal reported total collections of ₹1,65,71,111 from the sale of the offerings.
• A 100-gram gold biscuit fetched about ₹11 lakh, bought by devotee Rajendra Lanjwal, according to chairperson Balasaheb Kamble.
• This year’s offerings amounted to roughly 2.07 kg of gold and about 55 kg of silver, with lots including necklaces, biscuits, silver modaks, idols, a mooshak, a gada and a cricket bat.
• Coverage noted a decline versus some previous years, which organisers linked to higher gold and silver prices, with proceeds directed to the mandal’s charitable and community initiatives.