Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- Following a public outcry, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday assured that his government will explore legal options to bring Mahadevi, a 36-year-old arthritic elephant, back to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, days after she was relocated to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre run by the Reliance Foundation in Gujarat's Jamnagar, following a Supreme Court order. After holding a meeting over the matter on Tuesday, Fadnavis said, "Considering the public sentiments, the state government will intervene in the legal process to bring back the Mahadevi elephant. The Jain shrine will submit a review petition in the Supreme Court, and the state government will help them by submitting an intervention application." The chief minister also indicated that the state forest department can set up a centre with facilities similar to Vantara at the Kolhapur shrine to take care of the elephant. Mahadevi, also known as Madhuri, was with the Swastishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswamy Sanstha at Nandani in Kolhapur for over three decades before the Supreme Court last month upheld the Bombay high court's decision to relocate her to the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust in Jamnagar, managed by Vantara, for better care and rehabilitation. This was after animal welfare organisations approached the court, underlining the physically frail pachyderm's poor health and arguing that she was not getting proper care at the temple. The Supreme Court upheld the high court order on July 22, after which Mahadevi was shifted to Vantara on July 28. Thousands of people in Kolhapur then began protesting, demanding Mahadevi's return....