CHIKMAGALUR: Five persons from Andhra Pradesh, who were returning from Sabarimala, drowned in a whirlpool in the Bhadra river near Hebbalagandi between Kalasa and Horanadu here and were washed away on Tuesday evening. Efforts are on to trace the missing bodies. The victims have been identified as Gopi, Chittibabu, Tygaraj, Gajendra, and Madana. One Tulasiram managed to swim to the shore safely.They were travelling in a tempo traveller with registration number AP 4152. All the devotees are natives of Lakshmipura in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh. After visiting Sabarimala, they had gone to Dharmasthala and Horanadu. On Tuesday, after offering pooja atop Sri Annapoorneshwari at Horanadu, they had gone for a swim in river Bhadra. The mishap occurred when they got snared in the waters and drowned. The incident took place in the Kalasa and Horanadu police station limits. The services of expert swimmers and divers have been requisitioned to fish out the missing bodies.
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