Pabsetti Shekhar, a devout of Lord Ganesha, has an extensive collection of idols. A resident of Hyderab, Shekhar has collected around 19,022 idols of Lord Ganesha. He also professed to have a wide range of collectibles. collectibles include a variety of photographs, key-chains, posters and audio-video cassettes of Ganesha. 

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'During my childhood in July 1973, I visited Saibaba temple in Shiridi along with my parents where I brought Ganesh Idol, and that was time when I started my collection,' Pabsetti Shekhar said. 

He ded that he has collected idols from all across world. Shekhar informed that his collection includes 32 forms of statues ranging from Bala Ganapati to Sankatahara Ganapati including also Shub Drishti Ganesh, who is considered to be  33rd form of Lord Ganesha. idols are sculpted from various elements like gold, silver, bronze, sandalwood, and rosewood. Pabsetti Shekhar, who is also an artist, has sketched various forms of Ganesha. 

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Hyderab man in Guinness World Record and LIMCA Book of Records

Pabsetti Shekhar informed media about his inclusion in Guinness World Record. He has also been houred by LIMCA Book of Records. Shekhar has been awarded in Temple of Fine Arts as well. He tified that currently, he is authoring a book to be named as 'Vishwa Vinayaka'. book will encapsulate all of Ganesha Temples, ones in India and abro. Shekhar tified his intention of scripting book for charitable reasons. He also wants to construct a temple in Hyderab which is going to be a 'Punch Mukha Ganesh' Temple. Shekhar explained his reasons for wanting to construct a temple, elucidating his want to help poor people in need.

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Temples go Eco-friendly 

As nation comes toger to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, re has been a boom of people using eco-friendly idols. While some have done this at a home-level, with Ritiesh Deshmukh posting about his mud Ganesha idol, ors have done it as part of community celebrations, such as a Bengaluru temple which has me a Ganesha idol out of over 9000 coconuts.

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(With inputs from ANI)