A 56-year-old devotee died after he fell in an ember pit doing a fire-walk ritual throughout a temple competition in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district.

The incident passed off at Kuyavankudi throughout a fire-walking ritual, and a video of the autumn has since gone viral.

The ritual, domestically generally known as Theemidhi Thiruvizha, is a part of the annual Subbaiya Temple competition and commenced on April 10. Devotees stroll barefoot throughout a pit crammed with burning embers to fulfil vows and search blessings.

Kesavan, a resident of a small village, Valantharavai, within the district, was among the many a number of devotees collaborating within the ritual. As he started to run on the ritual pit, he tripped and fell face-first onto the burning embers.

The rescue workforce rushed to his assist and pulled him out inside seconds, however Kesavan had already suffered extreme burn accidents. He was taken to the Ramanathapuram District Authorities Hospital for therapy, the place he later succumbed to his accidents.

The video of Kesavan’s fall, captured, is now being broadly shared on social media.

Earlier this month, a video showing a man tripping on a bed of burning embers with a six-month-old baby on the Agni Mariyamman Temple competition in Avarangadu, Tamil Nadu, went viral.

The person tried to cross the ember mattress carrying the toddler however misplaced his footing and fell. Witnesses have been horrified as the person and child landed on the fiery floor.