Lalbaugcha Raja receives gold dining set worth Rs 50 lakh from unidentified devotee

Last year, the Lalbaugcha Raja had received a gold Ganpati idol, with a diamond encrusted on its crown, weighing around 1.2 kg. It’s value was estimated to be around ₹42 lakh.

An unidentified devotee offered a gold dinning set, worth around ₹50,00,000, to the Lalbaugcha Raja on Monday.

Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai. (HT PHOTO)

The donation, which includes a plate, two bowls, two spoons and a tumbler — all made of gold — collectively weighs 1.2kg.

Office bearers at the mandal said this is one of the “most expensive gifts” they have received in their 86 years of existence.

“This mandal keeps getting such offerings in gold and silver every year. But, the value of this offering is the highest ever so far. We do not know who has donated this,” said Balasaheb Kamble, president of the mandal.

The approximate collection, in cash and kind, was around Rs12 crore last year, and the mandal raised ₹1.58 crore from auctioning the gold items.