Every year the largest Lord Ganesh Idol in the world is installed at the Khairtabad State Library during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival and is immersed at Hussein Sagar lake. Devotees participate in the 11-day festival and thousands of people visit from other parts of the state, outside Hyderabad and also India.

This year we are going to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi on Thursday 17th September. Khairatabad society placing 59 Feet Ganesh idol. The Khairatabad Ganesh laddu will weigh about five tonnes (5,000 kilograms) every year.

The practice of installing the Lord Ganesh idol started in1954. On this great occasion here we presented transformations of Khairatabad Ganesh Idol pics from 1954 to 2015. Have a look!

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1954

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1969

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1981

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1982

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1983

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1988

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1989

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1990

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1991

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1992

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1993

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1996

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 1999

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2001

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2002

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2003

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2004

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2005

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2006

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2007

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2008

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2009

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2010

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2011

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2012

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2013

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2014

Khairathabad GANESH Idol in 2015

The Khairatabad Ganesh idol completed 60 years by last year. So, Khairatabad society wanted to decrease the height of Ganesh idol to one inch every year. the Due to this reason they are placing 59 Feet Ganesh idol. The height of Khairatabad Ganesh is 59 feet and width 26 feet.