DINDIGUL: Two teenagers, who were among a troupe of 17 thappattam performers, drowned while bathing in the Vaigai at Nilakottai in Dindigul of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The deceased have been identified as Vasanth, 19, and Harish, 18, of Anna Nagar in Kodaikanal.
The thappattam performers came to Nilakottai to perform at an event. After the event, the went to the river to take a bath. Vasanth and Harish drowned.
The bodies were retrieved and sent for postmortem.
The Nilakottai police registered a case.