Veteran scientist R V Bhosale has claimed that environmental changes and increasing air pollution might be the major obstacles to the festival of rays at the Mahalaxmi temple.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rising-air-pollution-affecting-festival-rays
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-kolhapur
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kolhapur-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/festival
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects