Stampedes resulting in numerous casualties have occurred at temples and other religious events in India over the years
Stampedes resulting in numerous casualties have occurred at temples and other religious events in India over the years
Here is a list of some major tragedies that have taken place in the country in recent years:
July 2, 2024: Over 100 people, including women and children, killed after a stampede at a ‘satsang’ by self-styled godman, Bhole Baba, in UP’s Hathras.
March 31, 2023: At least 36 people died when the slab of an ancient well collapsed during a ‘havan’ held on the occasion of Ram Navami at a temple in Indore
January 1, 2022: At least 12 people died and over a dozen were injured in a stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K
July 14, 2015: 27 pilgrims died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a bathing ghat on the banks of the Godavari during ‘Pushkaram’ festival in Rajahmundry, AP
October 3, 2014: 32 people killed and 26 others injured in a stampede at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
October 13, 2013: 115 people were killed and over 100 injured during Navratri festivities near Ratangarh temple in MP
November 19, 2012: Around 20 people were killed and many others injured as a makeshift bridge caved in at Adalat Ghat on the bank of river Ganga in Patna.
November 8, 2011: At least 20 people were killed in a stampede in Haridwar at Har-ki-Pauri ghat on the banks of the Ganga river
January 14, 2011: At least 104 Sabarimala devotees killed and over 40 were injured in a stampede when a jeep crashed into homebound pilgrims at Pulmedu in Kerala’s Idukki district
March 4, 2010: About 63 people were killed in a stampede at Ram Janki Temple of Kripalu Maharaj in UP’s Pratapgarh district
Sept 30, 2008: Nearly 250 devotees killed and over 60 injured in a stampede triggered by rumours of a bomb going off at Chamunda Devi temple in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city
August 3, 2008: 162 dead, 47 injured in a stampede triggered by rumours of rockslides at Naina Devi temple in Himachal’s Bilaspur district
January 25, 2005: Over 340 devotees were trampled to death and hundreds injured during an annual pilgrimage at Mandhardevi temple in Maharashtra’s Satara district.
August 27, 2003: 39 people were killed and around 140 injured in a stampede during the holy bath at the Kumbh Mela in Maharashtra’s Nashik district.