Overview

• Officials said the first-day haul totalled Rs 46 lakh in cash, plus 144.050 grams of gold and 7,159 grams of silver.
• The Mandal reported Rs 25.50 lakh from the Stage Peti and Rs 20.50 lakh from the Rang Peti.
• Counting began Thursday with one donation box opened and an assigned 80-person team working alongside Bank of Maharashtra and GS Mahanagar Co-operative Bank staff.
• Video shared by ANI showed garlands made of currency notes and foreign money, including US dollars, among the offerings.
• Treasurer Mangesh Dattaram Dalvi said festival collections fund a free dining centre, a library and medical operations for those who cannot afford them.