Rangareddy, Sept. 6 -- The famous Balapur Ganesh immersion procession, known as Sobha Yatra, on Saturday began with traditional bhajans in Balapur village of Rangareddy district.

The Balapur Ganesh is renowned for its Lord Ganesh laddu auction, where last year, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kolan Shankar Reddy purchased the laddu for Rs 30.01 lakh.

The 'visarjan procession' for the immersion of the Khairatabad 69-feet Lord Ganesh idol also begins in Hyderabad.

A day earlier, Telangana BJP State President Ramchander Rao offered prayers to the Khairatabad 69-feet Ganesh idol on the occasion of Vinayaka Navaratri.

Speaking to ANI, the state BJP President said, "Today I visited the Ganesh idol at Khairatabad. I felt thrilled looking at th...