Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Pune Ganeshotsav 2026 Features 251-Kg Rasmalai Modak Cake Offering
During Pune’s Ganeshotsav celebrations, devotees made two very large sweet offerings to Lord Ganesha.
One was a 251-kg cake shaped like a modak and flavoured like rasmalai.
WS Bakers prepared the cake.
Another group offered a giant motichoor laddu.
Prabhat Farshan and Deepak Caterers presented the laddu.
Workers used forklifts to move it into the festival mandap.
After the offerings were made, the sweets were shared with devotees as prasad.
The laddu tradition has continued for 26 years and began with a much smaller 5-kg laddu.
A 251-kg rasmalai-flavoured modak cake was offered to the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati idol in Pune.
Prabhat Farshan and Deepak Caterers presented a giant motichoor laddu as another offering.
The cake was prepared by WS Bakers, with about 40 to 50 people working on it.
The laddu was moved into the festival mandap using forklifts because of its size and weight.
Both offerings were distributed to devotees as prasad after the traditional ceremony.
- Who
- WS Bakers, Prabhat Farshan and Deepak Caterers made the offerings to the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati idol.
- What
- A 251-kg rasmalai-flavoured modak cake and a giant motichoor laddu were offered as naivedya.
- When
- During the 2026 Ganeshotsav celebrations; the article does not give an exact date.
- Where
- At the festival mandap of the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati in Pune.
- Why
- The offerings were made as expressions of devotion and were later distributed to devotees as prasad.
- Cake weight
- 251 kg
- Cake flavour
- Rasmalai
- Cake maker
- WS Bakers
- Laddu presenters
- Prabhat Farshan and Deepak Caterers
- Laddu transport
- Forklifts were used to move it into the festival mandap.
- Offering tradition
- The Malani family has made such laddu offerings for 26 years.