Udupi: An elderly man who had come to visit Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi collapsed and fell ill on Saturday.
Devotees who witnessed the incident immediately rushed to his assistance. On receiving information, social worker Nityananda Olakadu reached the spot and, with the help of devotees, arranged to shift the elderly man to a private hospital in the city.
The man was identified as Shrisha Upadhyaya. Further details about his health condition were not immediately available.