Holy festival turns fatal after priest loses balance while walking on hot coal

During the festival celebration of the local deity in the Ramanagara taluk, Karnataka, a priest attempted to perform a holy ritual of walking on burning hot coal. However, things got fatal after the priest, Vijayakumar, lost his balance and had a fall. Two other priests, Manjunath and Rudresh, who tried helping the priest in distress, also ended up having a painful fall, after which all three of them, have been admitted at the local hospital. Watch this video on Asianet Newsable to see how this fatal incident took place.