AUGUST 21, 2021
TIRUPATI: A 49-year-old priest, who was performing special rituals on top of the Gampa Mallayya Swamy hillock in Singanamala mandal of Anantapur district, died after slipping into a 40-feet gorge on Saturday.
Several devotees present there were devastated to see the body of the priest hitting boulders after boulders before slipping into a deep gorge.
The video footage of the incident shot by a devotee went viral in the social media on Saturday.
According to the local police, the deceased priest was identified as Papayya.
Papayya along with several devotees from various southern states reached the Gampa Mallayya Swamy temple on Saturday morning where special rituals were to be performed to the presiding deity on the auspicious Sravana masam eve.
The priest who was performing special rituals with a bell in one hand and the harathi plate in his other hand, suddenly lost balance and slipped off the hillock into a 40-feet deep gorge. At least a 100 devotees who were present there watched the priest's accidental fall into the gorge helplessly but screamed in shock in the midst of the tragedy.
After being informed by the devotees, Singanamala police reached the spot and shifted Papayya's body for post-mortem and registered a case.
TIRUPATI: A 49-year-old priest, who was performing special rituals on top of the Gampa Mallayya Swamy hillock in Singanamala mandal of Anantapur district, died after slipping into a 40-feet gorge on Saturday.
Several devotees present there were devastated to see the body of the priest hitting boulders after boulders before slipping into a deep gorge.
The video footage of the incident shot by a devotee went viral in the social media on Saturday.
According to the local police, the deceased priest was identified as Papayya.
Papayya along with several devotees from various southern states reached the Gampa Mallayya Swamy temple on Saturday morning where special rituals were to be performed to the presiding deity on the auspicious Sravana masam eve.
The priest who was performing special rituals with a bell in one hand and the harathi plate in his other hand, suddenly lost balance and slipped off the hillock into a 40-feet deep gorge. At least a 100 devotees who were present there watched the priest's accidental fall into the gorge helplessly but screamed in shock in the midst of the tragedy.
After being informed by the devotees, Singanamala police reached the spot and shifted Papayya's body for post-mortem and registered a case.
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