Sabarimala (Keralam), Nov 7 A 63-year-old pilgrim died after collapsing near the flagstaff of the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala on Saturday, police said.
The deceased was identified as K V Babu, who ran a shop at Peroor in Thiruvananthapuram, they said.
Babu collapsed after climbing the 18 sacred steps and reaching the area near the temple flagstaff. He was immediately rushed to the government hospital at sannidhanam (the shrine complex), but doctors could not save him.
He had arrived at the hill shrine in the morning for darshan.
His body was later shifted to the hospital at Pampa, police added.
(PTI News)
