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Restriction on VIP darshan during Jotiba Yatra at Kolhapur in Maharashtra

Jotiba Yatra is annually held at the Jotiba temple located at Wadi Ratnagiri village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra. There will strict restriction on VIP darshan during Jotiba Yatra on April 4, 2015. 
Times of India reports 
According to district administration officials, every year the management that is busy handling the crowd at the temple have to tackle the issue of VIP 'darshan'. 
Along with the priests, hundreds of people enter through the VIP gate claiming that they are close relatives of politicians or government officers. It becomes difficult sometimes to even identify the priests despite providing them identity cards. This creates lawlessness on the temple premises and poses danger to law and order. 
The police officials have demanded that to enable them to efficiently manage the crowd inside the temple premises, the priests along with providing identity cards should follow a dress code. This will help the police in identifying the priests and provide them entrance through VIP gates.