India, July 23 -- Two kanwariyas were killed and over 30 others injured on Wednesday morning after a chariot, which was part of a procession, came in contact with a high-tension electricity line in Beechgawan village under Laxmangarh tehsil of Rajasthan's Alwar district.

Police said two devotees died on the spot, and over 30 others were taken to the government hospital in Garhi Sawaipram. "Eight of them, in critical condition, were referred to Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Alwar, while a few were shifted to the Laxmangarh hospital," an officer said.

The devotees had returned to their village from Haridwar. The kanwariyas and villagers were performing a ritual called 'parikrama' near a government school on the occasion of Shivratri. A...