During religious ceremony, Congress's Shashi Tharoor injured in Kerala

Mumbai: Congress candidate from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency Shashi Tharoor was injured on Monday.

According to news agency ANI, he suffered injuries on his head and has received 6 stitches.

He also suffered a minor leg injury after the hook of the weighing scale came off and hit his head, they added.

'Thulabharam' is a Hindu ritual in which a person is weighed against a commodity such as flowers, grains, fruits and similar articles in temples and the equal value or quantity is offered as donation.

Later, the Congress leader was rushed to a hospital and doctors said his condition was stable.