Three students drown during temple ritual in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: At least three students from a religious mutt in Selaiyur, Chennai, drowned on Monday while performing a ritual at the
Veeraraghava Perumal Temple in Tiruvallur
, 60 km west of
Chennai
city. The mishap occurred during the ongoing Chithirai Brahmotsavam festival.
The students visited the temple to participate in religious recitations and observances. While performing Sandhyavandanam—a daily Vedic ritual considered a sacred duty among
Dvija
communities—near the temple pond, three of them reportedly slipped and fell into the water.
According to police sources, another student who witnessed the incident immediately raised an alarm. Locals rushed to the spot and attempted a rescue. Two of the students were declared dead at the scene, while the third succumbed to injuries while being transported to the hospital by ambulance. The deceased were identified as Hariharan,
Venkatraman
, and
Veeraraghavan
.
The Tiruvallur City Police retrieved the bodies with the help of the fire and rescue personnel and sent them to the Tiruvallur Govt Medical College Hospital for autopsy. A probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident is currently underway.
Earlier in April 2023, five young men drowned in a temple tank in Chennai during a Theerthavari festival after slipping into the deeper end. The incident occurred at the Dharmalingeshwarar Temple in Nanganallur, where a group of around 20 youngsters were participating in the ritual.
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