In a shocking incident, a few women tourists, who visited the Srinivasa Sagara Dam in Chikkaballapura on October 5, were seen stepping on an idol of Goddess Gangamma Devi.

Srinivasa Sagara Dam, which is surrounded by mountains, is a popular weekend getaway for tourists, considering its proximity to Bengaluru.

ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಸಾಗರ ಜಲಾಶಯದ ಬಳಿ ಇರುವ ಗಂಗಮ್ಮ ವಿಗ್ರಹದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು ಕಾಲಿಟ್ಟು ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಪಟೆ ವೈರಲ್ ಆಗಿದೆ. #Chickballapur #SrinivasaSagr #GangammaIdol

Read more here: https://t.co/1a1m9umwwD pic.twitter.com/zELflw6nUY — kannadaprabha (@KannadaPrabha) October 8, 2025

A viral video taken by a tourist shows the women bathing in the water with some of them placing their feet on the Gangamma idol as support while leaning on

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