Kolhapur, March 30 -- Ahead of annual yatra of Jyotirling at Wadi-Ratnagiti in Panhala tehsil of the district scheduled to be held on April 1, villagers and devotees of Parite village and nearby villages in Karveer and Radhanagari tehsils of the district took out a huge 'morcha' to the district collector's office here today to protest against an incident involving temple priests who were filmed allegedly assaulting devotees from Parite village on March 22.
Hundreds of villagers from Parite and nearby villages, led by Parite village sarpanch Manoj Patil, gathered at historic Dasara Chowk this afternoon and began their morcha towards the district collector's office amidst chanting of slogans against temple priests of Wadi-Ratnagiti over thei...