MYSURU, 16 FEB

A yoga guru tragically drowned in the Cauvery river near Dasanapura in Kollegal taluk on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Nagaraju, a 62-year-old priest from the Lakshminarayan temple in Kollegal town.

According to local police, Nagaraju had gone to the river to perform yoga asanas and take a holy dip alongside his friends. After enjoying some time swimming, he was later found floating in the water when his companions noticed he was missing. Emergency services were alerted, and his body was recovered with the assistance of his friends. It was subsequently taken to the Kollegal sub-general hospital for a postmortem examination.

Kollegal rural police have lodged a case and initiated an investigation into the incident, pending the postmortem report to determine the cause of death.