India, Aug. 4 -- After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar, those who were unwilling to let go staged a march on Sunday. Thousands of locals and leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Kolhapur marched for 45 km from the shrine to the collector's office, demanding that Mahadevi be brought back, following which CM Devendra Fadnavis said he would hold a meeting on this on Tuesday.

Mahadevi, 36, was transferred from the Swastishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswamy Sanstha to Vantara, following a Bombay high court order on July 16. The court's decision came after hearing a petition by the Peopl...