Indian couple that fell to death at Yosemite Park was clicking a selfie

The funeral of the couples will take place in the US. (Photo: Instagram / holidaysandhappilyeverafters)

In a tragic incident, an Indian couple on Tuesday fell from Yosemite National Park in the western US while taking a selfie. They fell about 800 feet below Taft Point and died on the spot. Vishnu Viswanath and Meenakshi Moorthy.

The Associated Press reported that Viswanath and Moorthy had set up a tripod on the ledge on Tuesday evening. However, the next morning, the audience said that they would use high-powered binoculars.

Speaking to AP, Viswanath 's brother Jishnu Viswanath said that the funeral of the couple will take place in the US because of the conditions in India. Viswanath was a software engineer at Cisco's San Jose, California headquarters and Moorthy. They both were travel-obsessed.

Both graduated from the College of Engineering in Alapuzha district of Kerala in 2010. One of their professors, Dr. Nisha Kuruvilla told the AP that Moorthy and Viswanath were good students and were fond of tracking. They got married at Hindu temple in Kerala years ago.

According to the report, Murthy was a self-described 'adrenaline junkie'. She had a chance to see you in the future. "Did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL ???" she wrote, AP reported.

Yosemite spokeswoman Jamie Richards said that officials were probing the incident and that the investigation could take some time.