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New Indian Express
07-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Nine drown in five incidents in Tamil Nadu in last two days
CHENNAI: Nine people, including seven minors, drowned in five separate incidents across the state in the last two days. While five died in Tiruvallur district in two incidents, two each drowned in Thoothukudi and Theni. Early on Tuesday, three people, including two boys, fell into a temple tank at the Veeraraghava Swamy Temple in Tiruvallur while performing morning pooja by the tank. According to the Tiruvallur police, the deceased were identified as R Veeraraghavan (24) of Virudhunagar, S Venkataraman (17) of Ambattur and M Hariharan (16) of Kundrathur. They were part of a group of five Vedic students who had come to the temple for the Chithirai Brahmotsavam festival. Around 6 am on Tuesday, the students were performing 'sandhyavandhanam', when one of them slipped and fell into the water. Kin of 3 victims get Rs 3L solatium each The other two jumped into the tank to save him, but they too drowned, police said. Other students alerted the temple authorities. Fire and rescue services personnel recovered the three bodies, police said. The bodies have been sent to a government hospital for postmortem. Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the three victims. In the second incident in Tiruvallur, Harish (17) and his cousin Venkatesan (17) were washed away when they went to take a dip in the Kosasthalaiyar river on Monday afternoon. According to the Periyapalayam police, Harish was a resident of Thirukandalam village in Uthukottai and Venkatesan's family had come to visit them for summer holiday.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Time of India
Three students drown during temple ritual in Tamil Nadu
Three students from a religious mutt in Chennai tragically drowned while performing a sacred ritual at the Veeraraghava Perumal Temple in Tiruvallur during the Chithirai Brahmotsavam festival. 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.
