SABARIMALA: A woman pilgrim, hailing from Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, died of cardiac arrest, while she was climbing the holy Sabarimala hillock on Saturday.

17/ 422 T Street Gundala resident Satya Reddy’s wife Chandrakanthi (50) died after she collapsed at Appachimedu. Though she was rushed to Appachimedu Cardiology Centre for emergency care, her life could not be saved.

Ayyappa Seva Sangam activists carried the body to Pamba and from there it was taken to her home town. Chandrakanthi had gone to Sabarimala along with a team that included her husband Sathya Reddy.