Five others have sustained injuries.
Senior advocate Mahantappa Mallikarjuna Hundekara (87), his wife Meenakshi (78), daughter-in-law Amritha Vivekananda Hundekara (30), Chetana Sharanappa Hundekara (28), Lalitha Gurubasappa Onarotti (65) and Arathi Abhishek Sakhare (25) are the dead.
The injured are Vivekananda Mahantappa Hundekara, Suvarna Sharanappa Hundekara, Vineeth Vivekananda Hundekara (8), Abhishek Sakhare and driver Mahantesh.
The injured persons have been shifted to hospitals in Bijapur.
(Published 06 November 2011, 19:01 IST)