Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said people of Maharashtra's Nashik must take a decision on the Trimbakeshwar Temple issue that began after some people of a different religion tried to "forcibly" enter on May 13 to offer incense as part of a tradition, the PTI reported on Saturday.

"The issue at Trimbakeshwar is of the local residents and they must take a decision. Outsiders must not intervene. If a tradition is on for years, then it is not right to stop it. Is our religion so weak that it will lose its purity and divinity if someone from another religion enters a temple," MNS chief Raj Thackeray said, according to the PTI.