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Measurements of the hydroxyl rotational temperature for the (8,3) Meinel band have been reported from the observations of the ratio of the relative intensities of P₁(2) and P₁(4) lines of the OH(8,3) band at Kolhapur (16.8° N, 74.2° E, dip lat. 10.6° N) in India during the period 1 November 2002-29 April 2003 using tilting-filter photometers. Mean values of rotational temperature have been computed for 60 nights. The monthly mean value of temperature lies in the range 194(±11)-208(±18)K. The mean rotational temperature obtained from all the measurements was found to be 202±15K. The results agree with other low-latitude measurements of rotational temperature using photometric airglow techniques. Quasi-periodic fluctuations with a period of about one to two hours have been prominent on many nights. Furthermore, the results show the general agreement between observations and model (MSIS-86) predictions.