A priest working with the ancient Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam was bitten by a snake while he was performing prayers at a sub-temple on the premises of the shrine in Basar on Monday. However, his medical condition is learnt to be stable with the snake being a non-venomous.
Sources said that the priest, Prasad, was bitten by a snake when he was performing prayers at Sri Dattatreya temple. Staffers immediately shifted him to a primary health centre in Basar and then to a private hospital in Nizamabad for better medication.