Before setting out on their pilgrimage, the group of friends visited the Ganapati Temple near the famous KCD Circle in Dharwad to seek blessings for a safe journey.
After offering prayers, they gathered outside the temple and took a selfie together, unaware that it would become their final photograph.
Just a few hours later, tragedy struck when their cruiser vehicle was involved in a fatal head-on collision with a lorry at Arabail Ghat in Uttara Kannada district.
The selfie, captured shortly before the journey turned tragic, has become a poignant reminder of the lives lost and the devastating loss suffered by their families and loved ones.