A high-voltage drama over an abrupt change in the name of an under-construction auditorium in Wanowrie began on Tuesday night and ended late on Wednesday night with the place finally going back to its original name as a result of public pressure.

The construction of the auditorium has been underway since 2003, and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had passed a proposal to name it the Mahatma Phule auditorium. Then, on Tuesday night, a new name was displayed on the building, that of Savitribai Shivarkar, the mother of former Congress MLA Chandrakant Shivarkar.