Major stampedes across countryJan 29, 2025: 30 killed and 60 injured at Maha KumbhJuly 2, 2024: 121, most of whom women, lost during a ‘satsang’ by godman Bhole Baba in Hathras, UPMarch 31, 2023: 36 died when a well collapsed during Ram Navami at Indore templeJanuary 1, 2022: 12 died and over a dozen injured at Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K due to heavy rush of devoteesSeptember 29, 2017: 23 dead and 36 injured in a stampede on a bridge connecting Elphinstone Road station with Parel station of Central Railway in MumbaiJuly 14, 2015: 27 pilgrims died and 20 injured at a bathing spot along Godavari where devotees gathered for festival in Rajahmundry, APOctober 3, 2014: 32 killed and 26 injured at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, shortly after Dussehra celebrations endedOctober 13, 2013: 115 killed and over 100 injured during Navratri near Ratangarh temple in MP’s DatiaJanuary 25, 2005: Over 340 devotees trampled to death and hundreds injured during a pilgrimage at Satara templeAugust 3, 2008: 162 dead, 47 hurt at Naina Devi temple in Himachal’s BilaspurSeptember 30, 2008: 250 devotees killed and 60 hurt in a stampede following rumours of a bomb at Chamunda Devi temple in JodhpurMarch 4, 2010: 63 killed at Ram Janki Temple in UP’s Pratapgarh where people gathered to collect clothes and food from a godmanJanuary 14, 2011: 104 Sabarimala devotees killed and over 40 injured when a jeep crashed into homebound pilgrims in Kerala’s IdukkiNovember 8, 2011: 20 killed in Haridwar at Har-ki-Pauri ghat along the GangaNovember 19, 2012: 20 killed and several injured as a makeshift bridge caved in, triggering a stampede during Chhath Puja at Adalat Ghat in Patna
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