India, Nov. 10 -- A woman and four minor girls, including three sisters, drowned in a lake in Tamil Nadu's temple town of Tiruvannamalai late on Monday evening.

Police said the victims include three sisters, aged between 13 and 16; the caretaker of the government-run Children Home for Girls, identified as 29-year-old Thenmozhi; and another girl from the school, aged 16.

According to police, the three sisters, living in the Children Home for Girls, had gone to their home in nearby Karapattu village to celebrate the Deepavali festival. The victims returned to Tiruvannamalai on Monday afternoon.

As Monday was declared a holiday by the district administration, the victims, along with the caretaker, went to the lake located near the Childre...