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Amitabh Bachchan will gift a 3.5 kg silver mouse to the Siddhivinayak temple. Temple sources say that this time, his prayer is to become dadaji soon. Are Abhi-Ash listening?

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Ashwini Deshmukh

A file photo of the silver mouse at Siddhivinayak temple

The Bachchans' ardent devotion for lord Ganesh is no secret. The family visits the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi to pay their respects often. Now, it is learnt that Amitabh Bachchan plans to gift a silver mouse to the temple.

Uday Pratap Singh, a former trustee at the Siddhivinayak temple, confirms the news and says, "Yes, Bachchan sahib has plans of gifting the temple with a 3.5 kg silver mouse. He has organised a custommade silver statue from a jeweller in Amravati. He reportedly said, 'Main murti banakar dena chahta hoon'."

Amitabh with Jaya...

This is Amitabh Bachchan's first gift to the temple, apart from the regular cash that he always puts in the daan peti. So has he wished for something this time too?

Uday Pratap Singh says, "Now he has a very special reason. Unhone jald se jald dadaji banneki ichcha vyakt ki hai (He has expressed the desire to become a dadaji soon)." Are Abhi-Ash listening?

Adds, Singh, "In the past, many of his mannats have been fulfilled. He had prayed for Abhishek's wedding. When Amitabh Bachchan was unwell, Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan had come to pray for his good health. He had also come here with Amar Singh when he had land problems in Uttar Pradesh."

Abhishek with Aishwarya at Siddhivinayak temple

Says another source from the temple, "The Bachchan family regularly visits the Siddhivinayak temple. As a ritual, they always whisper their wishes into the ears of the two huge silver mouse statues which are placed inside the temple's entrance. Maybe a wish has been fulfilled and so the family has decided to gift this mouse to the temple."

"Apparently, the Bachchans have got a third party to organise the murti from a jeweller in Khamgao, Amravati. The estimated weight of the murti is said to be around 3.5 kgs and it will look like the two other mouse statues that are already present in the temple," adds the source.