SECUNDERABAD: An SBI employee, Pabsetti Sekhar had ordered specialty idol makers in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to make a Ganesh idol killing a demon representing Covid-19.
Just a week ago, he received the ‘pancha loha’ made Ganesh idol from Coimbatore and has displayed it at a wooden rack at his house at West Marredpally in Secunderabad Cantonment.
Around 10 such wooden and iron racks are housed at the terrace of Sekhar’s residence and it resembles a rare Ganesh idol museum. “My dream is to keep 47,558 Ganesh idols, collected from 39 countries across the world in different designs and sizes in a museum. My aim is to open this museum by Ganesh Chaturthi in 2021,” P Sekhar told TOI.
He is going to retire as a bank employee next year.
A burger Ganesh from Italy is one of the attractions in his rare collections. He has collected different types of Ganesh idols from China, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Germany, Tibet, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and from within India. Every idol has its significance either in design, use of metal, weight or concept.
Remembering his inspiration behind the idol collection, Sekhar said, “My father had presented a small Ganesh idol during his visit to Shirdi in 1973 and carefully carried it to Hyderabad. Since then, I began collecting Ganesh idols. Apart from idols, I have collected 25,404 postcards, 1,105 posters, 214 key chains, 195 books and 209 audio-video cassettes. My aim is to reach a collection of one lakh,” said the 59-year-old Sekhar.
“The idols of Ganesha which I have collected are made of gold, silver, bronze, sandalwood, rosewood, neem and teak. Apart from these collections, I have made Ganesh idols out of M-seal, plaster of Paris, glass painting and clay,” the bank employee claimed.
Continuing his efforts on collection of the idols, Sekhar is also writing a book titled ‘Vishwa Vinayaka’, covering 2,000 temples across the world and in our country.
By next year, the book will be complete, he said.
Just a week ago, he received the ‘pancha loha’ made Ganesh idol from Coimbatore and has displayed it at a wooden rack at his house at West Marredpally in Secunderabad Cantonment.
Around 10 such wooden and iron racks are housed at the terrace of Sekhar’s residence and it resembles a rare Ganesh idol museum. “My dream is to keep 47,558 Ganesh idols, collected from 39 countries across the world in different designs and sizes in a museum. My aim is to open this museum by Ganesh Chaturthi in 2021,” P Sekhar told TOI.
He is going to retire as a bank employee next year.
A burger Ganesh from Italy is one of the attractions in his rare collections. He has collected different types of Ganesh idols from China, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Germany, Tibet, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and from within India. Every idol has its significance either in design, use of metal, weight or concept.
Remembering his inspiration behind the idol collection, Sekhar said, “My father had presented a small Ganesh idol during his visit to Shirdi in 1973 and carefully carried it to Hyderabad. Since then, I began collecting Ganesh idols. Apart from idols, I have collected 25,404 postcards, 1,105 posters, 214 key chains, 195 books and 209 audio-video cassettes. My aim is to reach a collection of one lakh,” said the 59-year-old Sekhar.
“The idols of Ganesha which I have collected are made of gold, silver, bronze, sandalwood, rosewood, neem and teak. Apart from these collections, I have made Ganesh idols out of M-seal, plaster of Paris, glass painting and clay,” the bank employee claimed.
Continuing his efforts on collection of the idols, Sekhar is also writing a book titled ‘Vishwa Vinayaka’, covering 2,000 temples across the world and in our country.
By next year, the book will be complete, he said.
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