The incident took place when Katla Rajender of Kothapalli village along with his family members had come to visit the temple of Laxmi Narasinma Swamy, Dharmapuri Circle Inspector S Rajendra Prasad said.
Before entering the temple, they wanted to have a bath in the river. While doing so, his two daughters K Shravani(14) and K Shravika (12) drowned in the river, he said.
They were immediately pulled out, rushed to a local hospital where they were declared brought in dead, the officer said, adding their bodies have been sent for post mortem.