Two pilgrims died of heart attack on the Pampa-Sannidhanam trekking path, according to the police.
The deceased have been identified as Ramakrishnan, 61, of Siva Nagar Street in Mangalore and Nithyana Gowda, 50, from Malakorjee in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.
Ramakrishnan had reportedly developed severe chest pain and fainted at Neelimala while undertaking the trek around 7.30 p.m. on Friday. Volunteers attached to Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sanghom (ABASS) rushed him to the cardiology centre at Neelimala where he breathed his last.
Nithyana Gowda, who had developed severe chest pain, was brought to the cardiology centre run by Lakshmi Hospital at Appachimedu on Saturday afternoon. He too succumbed to the ailment later.
ABASS volunteers took both the bodies to Pampa.
