Harshith Gowda was attacked by a leopard while walking towards the Nagamale shrine with his family on May 10. (Express Photo) After a 10-year-old boy died in a leopard attack while on a pilgrimage to Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills, Karnataka’s forest department is imposing restrictions on pilgrim movement inside the wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district. Forest, Ecology, and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre, who held a meeting with senior department officials, instructed officials to restrict the 14-km Nagamale padayatra to the temple atop MM Hills to 3 km. Guides should accompany pilgrims during the trek inside the Male Mahadeshwara wildlife sanctuary and should be equipped with walkie-talkies and necessary safety gear. “From the ticket counter, devotees must compulsorily travel by jeep,” he said. In the last 3-km stretch where trekking is allowed, vegetation should be cleared on both sides to create a “view line” so that any wild animals present are visible, the minister said.…