Richmond Villas, Suncity, Hyderabad, today auctioned this year's Ganesh Laddu for Rs. 60.8 lakh.
This happened in an annual fund raiser activity by R V Diya Charitable Trust through the Ganapati laddu auction.
R V Diya Charitable Trust is a residential community-led charity group which crowdsources funds to support leading NGOs in their day-to-day operations, through an annual Ganapati laddu auction fund raiser event among others.
The initial volunteers of the trust comprised neighbours from the Richmond Villas community, comprising of senior super-specialist doctors, serial entrepreneurs, professionals, businessmen, agriculturalists, social activists and senior citizens from across the country.
Over the years, individual donors from outside the community have also participated in the fundraising.
Any donor can participate as a volunteer for the trust and can support the myriad operating activities of the trust.
Dr. Archana Sinha and Poornima Deshpande are the two Managing Trustees of the Trust.
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