Lightning injures eleven during Mangaladevi temple festival in Idukki

Eleven people, including a constabulary officer, were injured erstwhile lightning struck during the Mangaladevi temple festival connected Friday (May 1, 2026).

Idukki territory constabulary main K.M. Sabu Mathew said that the incidental occurred astir 3 p.m. connected Friday evening. The lightning struck astatine Onpathamvalavu, located wrong the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR), arsenic pilgrims were returning from the temple to Kumily.