Basavanna (70), priest of Sri Channakeshava Swamy temple at Sathanur in Mandya district, who had slipped and fallen into a pit while performing the “fire-walk ritual” on April 22 died on Wednesday.According to authorities at the Health India Hospital on Tavarakere Main Road, where he was being treated, the priest suffered a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. He had suffered 70 per cent burns. His condition deteriorated in the last two days.