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Golden and Giant Modaks Highlight Ganesh Chaturthi 2026
Ganesh Chaturthi is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha.
In 2026, people across India are celebrating it on September 14.
A sweet shop in Nashik is selling modaks covered with 24-carat gold.
These special modaks cost Rs 27,000 per kilogram.
The shop also sells many other kinds, such as kaju and orange modaks.
In Kolkata, another sweet shop has made a giant modak weighing 1,100 kilograms.
People visit decorated places called pandals to pray and offer sweets.
The festival ends when Ganesha idols are immersed in water.
Nashik’s Sagar Sweets is selling 24-carat-gold-coated modaks for Rs 27,000 per kilogram.
The shop has introduced more than 25 modak varieties, including kaju, dry fruit, orange and malai.
Kaju modaks at Sagar Sweets are priced at Rs 2,000 per kilogram.
Kolkata’s Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick has created a 1,100-kilogram modak decorated with figs, cashews and almonds.
Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated across India on September 14, 2026, with prayers, sweets, idols and public pandals.
- Who
- Sagar Sweets in Nashik and Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick in Kolkata are featured, along with devotees celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi.
- What
- Sweet shops are selling special modaks, including gold-coated modaks in Nashik and a 1,100-kilogram modak in Kolkata.
- Where
- The gold-coated modaks are being sold in Nashik, Maharashtra, while the giant modak is in Kolkata, West Bengal; celebrations are taking place across India.
- When
- Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated on Monday, September 14, 2026; the Kolkata celebration is described as a 10-day event.
- Why
- The sweets and celebrations are part of Ganesh Chaturthi, which marks the birth of Lord Ganesha and allows devotees to offer prayers and seek blessings.
Key facts
- Gold modak price
- Rs 27,000 per kilogram
- Gold coating
- 24-carat gold
- Regular kaju modak price
- Rs 2,000 per kilogram
- Nashik shop
- Sagar Sweets
- Modak varieties in Nashik
- More than 25
- Giant modak size
- 1,100 kilograms
- Giant modak decorations
- Figs, cashews and almonds
Quotes
A customer
A customer who viewed the golden modak at Sagar Sweets in Nashik
“I came across a unique golden modak here. Given the rise in gold prices, this golden modak looks magnificent and beautiful”
thestatesman.com
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