Bhatkal: A Russian tourist, identified as 73-year-old Alexander Tanaga, passed away during a visit to the Murdeshwar temple on Thursday.

 Elena Bilag Lajoa, a relative of the deceased, filed a police complaint stating that Alexander suddenly collapsed while exploring the temple.

 Despite efforts by the tour guide to assist him, he was transported to a Bhatkal hospital in an ambulance, where the attending doctor pronounced him dead upon arrival.

Authorities are considering the possibility that Alexander succumbed to a heart attack.