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34 South Kolhapur gram panchayats to pass resolutions to ban 'widow rituals'

It was on June 6 that legendary warrior king Shivaji was coronated as `Chhatrapati`, and the day is celebrated with fervour as `Shiv Rajyabhishek Din`

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All 34 gram panchayats in Maharashtra`s South Kolhapur Assembly constituency will pass resolutions on June 6 to eradicate funerary rituals that see women forcibly wiping off vermilion and breaking bangles of a widow, Congress MLA Rituraj Patil said on Friday.

It was on June 6 that legendary warrior king Shivaji was coronated as `Chhatrapati`, and the day is celebrated with fervour as `Shiv Rajyabhishek Din`.

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