Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was injured while making an offering at a temple on the occasion of Vishu. The offering, 'Thulabharam', requires a person to weigh himself on a weighing scale. Shashi Tharoor, canceled his election rally here on Monday after he was injured while making a Thulabharam offering at a temple. The incident occurred at the Gandhari Amman Kovil temple in Thampanoor, after the weighing scale on which the leader was sitting, broke and fell.

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Today (15 April) is the Malayalam New Year day ('Vishu'), Tharoor performed the ritual at a temple in the morning before embarking on his poll campaign. Tulabharam is a Hindu ritual in which a person is weighed against gold or grain or fruits, and the equivalent weight of that object is offered as donation. Shashi Tharoor has sustained multiple injuries on his head. He also suffered a minor leg injury after the hook of the weighing scale came off and hit his head, party sources said.

Shashi Tharoor fell when the balance scale broke and the hook support came loose. He sustained injuries on his head and leg and was first admitted at the General Hospital. Tharoor was scheduled to release his manifesto for Thiruvananthapuram this afternoon. The event was canceled following the accident.

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