Hyderabad's famous 21-kg gold-coated sweet called Balapur Ganesh laddu was auctioned for an all-time record of ₹18.9 lakh on Sunday. The bid was won by Andhra Pradesh MLC Ramesh Yadav and Abacus Overseas Education Advisers COO Marri Shashank Reddy. Notably, the laddu auction began in 1994 and the amount received is utilised for temple and other developmental works in Balapur.