India, April 30 -- The heavy rain that battered Bengaluru on Wednesday wreaked havoc on one of the city's iconic bookstores. The Bookworm, located on Church Street, shared a series of pictures of the flooded shop with books floating in the water.

"Due to Heavy rain in Bangalore we lost 4000 to 5000 books," the bookstore wrote on its Instagram page. The first picture shows a ground, presumably outside the store, covered in hail.

The rest of the pictures show books submerged or floating in rainwaters that flooded the store.

While many expressed their sadness over the situation, some offered to help and urged other book readers to pitch in as well.

An individual wrote, "This happened to Kolkata's College Street last year, and they organi...