Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Balasore: A complaint has been lodged at the Simulia Police Station in the district by a group of women alleging casteist remarks by the priest at the Rameswar Temple in Chalunigaon village during Mahashivaratri floral offerings on Thursday.

Sources said a group of more than 10 women belonging to a certain caste had visited the Rameswar temple for darshan of Lord Shiva during the auspicious Mahashivratri on Thursday morning.

As per the complaint lodged with the police, the priest at the temple did not entertain them during a ritual stating they were from a lower caste, in full public view.

One of the complainants said, "I went to the temple early in the morning to offer prayers on Shivratri and waited for my tu...