A teenage girl visited a Ganesh pandal in order to offer prayers during the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival here in Maharashtra. It was during that time when she was allegedly raped by a 24-year-old man at the place, said the police on Wednesday.

It was Monday night when the incident took place. The 13-year- old girl along with some other children had gone to the Ganesh pandal which was set up at Agar village in Dahanu area, according to a statement by Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Kumar Katkar.