SUKKUR, June 18: Three-day celebrations of 145th death anniversary of Hindu saint Baba Bankhandi Maharaj began at Sadh Belo temple, situated on an island in the River Indus, on Wednesday.

Thousands of pilgrims have reached Sukkur from all over the country to pay homage to Bankhandi Maharaj. It is expected that thousands of devotees from India would also attend the celebrations.

The three-day celebrations would conclude on Friday and during the celebrations, devotees will listen to Bhajans and eat Parshad.

According to Mukhi Eshwar Lal Makheja, Bankhandi Maharaj came from Nepal in 1823 and after visiting different places of what now is Pakistan, he decided to stay at an island of the Indus. Later with the help of his followers, he built Sadh Belo temple.

According to mystics, this life separates one from the Creator and death reunites with Him. Therefore their death anniversaries are celebrated in a festive and colourful manner.

ELECTROCUTED: A mother and her teenaged daughter were electrocuted in Mughal Colony of the New Pind area here on Wednesday.

Nadia Soomro 18 received electricity jolts on opening the iron gate and her mother Rani Soomro 55, on hearing the cries rushed to her rescue but also got stuck. Both died on the spot.

Rani’s son Qadir Bux Soomro told police that electric wiring was passing over the gate which perhaps was exposed and touching the gate.

In another incident, a woman was injured seriously by her brother in law over the pretext of karo-kari in Tagio Nandvani village situated in RD-44 police limits near Thul on Wednesday.

Mukhtaran 25 was inside the house when her brother-in-law Abdul Sattar Buledi attacked her with wooden stick but she managed to reach police station.

She told police that her brother-in-law wanted to kill her over the pretext of karo-kari.

However, no case was registered.