<p>Shivaiah Tatha (in pic), seer of Marakattu Shivananda Swami Mutt in Yelaburga taluk of Koppal district, succumbed to burn injuries at a private hospital in Bagalkot on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 80-year-old seer had suffered serious burn injuries while trying rescue a devotee who had set herself ablaze over a dispute pertaining to mutt’s property. Prabhavathi Devi died on the spot while Shivaiah Tatha was rushed to Kumareshwar Hospital in Bagalkot on Monday.<br /><br /> The seer failed to respond to treatment and died at 5:30 am on Tuesday, said the doctors of the hospital. <br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Shivaiah Tatha (in pic), seer of Marakattu Shivananda Swami Mutt in Yelaburga taluk of Koppal district, succumbed to burn injuries at a private hospital in Bagalkot on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 80-year-old seer had suffered serious burn injuries while trying rescue a devotee who had set herself ablaze over a dispute pertaining to mutt’s property. Prabhavathi Devi died on the spot while Shivaiah Tatha was rushed to Kumareshwar Hospital in Bagalkot on Monday.<br /><br /> The seer failed to respond to treatment and died at 5:30 am on Tuesday, said the doctors of the hospital. <br />DH News Service</p>
