Women activist Trupti Desai was allegedly asked by police to wear a saree during her visit to the Mahalaxmi temple on Wednesday.(HT file photo) An officer at Rajwada police station in Kolhapur ...

KOLHAPUR: The annual auction of the Shalu or the silk saree presented to Goddess Mahalaxmi on the auspicious day of Dussehra by Lord Balaji, Tirupati Devasthan Tirumalla will be conducted on Sunday.

Devotees will only be allowed to take darshan and no offerings of saree ... Mahalaxmi is taken to the Temblai temple, where 'Kohla pujan' is done in the presence of royal family of Kolhapur.

Speaking to over phone from Kolhapur ... to impose a dress code at the Mahalaxmi temple. "Asking devotees to cover themselves completely or making saree mandatory for women is like a 'fatwa ...

the Karveer Nivasini Mahalaxmi Temple and the Dakshinacha Raja Jyotiba Temple in Kolhapur have implemented a new dress code for all devotees. The directive, issued by the Paschim Maharashtra ...

After the Shani Shingnapur temple opened its doors to female devotees last week, Kolhapur district’s Mahalaxmi temple followed suit on Monday. The temple, which did not allow women to enter its ...