family got drowned in a check dam near Mahadevsal Temple in Mahadevsal between Posaita-Tunia railway station in West Singhbhum district today, the police said.
Sibling Amit Kumar Sao (14) and his 12-year-old sister Purnima Kumari came alongwith parents to sale coconut on the occasion of the last Monday of the auspicious Shravan month tomorrow in the famous Mahadevsal temple situated beside the main Howrah-Mumbai rail track.
However, both the children have gone to bathe in a check dam near the temple when Purnima drowned, sources said adding Amit too drowned in an attempt to save his sister.
Later, the police alongwith the locals fished out the bodies and sent them for post-mortem.
A pall of gloom descended in and around the temple following the incident.