India, June 15 -- Eight devotees including women and four children from the same extended family died while seven others were rescued after the mini truck they were travelling in veered off the Satara-Pandharpur road and plunged into an open, roadside well near Tandulwadi village in Solapur's Malshiras tehsil Sunday evening. The well located barely a few metres from the road has no railings and has substantial water stock.

The accident took place at around 5 pm when the group was returning to Ranjani village in Pandharpur taluka after offering prayers at the Siddhanath temple in Mhaswad, Satara district, in honour of the ongoing Purushottam maas (holy month dedicated to Hindu god, Lord Vishnu).

According to the police, all occupants of ...