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In the next two months, Rs 1,60,64,000 was received. After Diwali, the counting was done and the amount came to about Rs 1.3 crore. However, the devotees have offered much more than they had offered during the Navaratra and Diwali periods. With the temples remaining shut most of the time due to the Covid situation, and with only online darshan slots available, the committee had expected fewer donations. Therefore, we had started the counting process before Makar Sankranti.” “There are nine donation boxes in the temple premises, and 50 people had been deployed to carry out the counting process over four days,” he said. Shivraj Naikawde, the secretary of the Paschim Maharashtra Devasthan Samiti, said, “During the time of Makar Sankranti, devotees pour sweet ‘tilgul’ in the donation boxes. This shrine had been under the aid of all the chief kingdoms who ruled the place and temple is venerated by all the royal family members as well as common people of the region. It is devoted to the Goddess of prosperity Mahalaxmi called as Goddess Amba Bai by the inhabitants of the region. The donations received in the past two months is more than the amount received during the Navaratra and Diwali periods last year. Mahalakshmi Temple is a very old temple in Kolhapur. The counting process of the offerings received was completed on Friday evening.
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Kolhapur: The Mahalaxmi temple has received about Rs 1.6 crore in the donation box over the past two months.