Lightning injures eleven during Mangaladevi temple festival in Idukki

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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.

Published - May 02, 2026 07:53 p.m. IST

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