The stampede occurred in a village in Hathras district, about 200 km southeast of the capital New Delhi, where a large crowd had gathered on an open field in response to a call from a religious leader, authorities said.
Hindu pilgrims sit on railway tracks as they wait to board a train at a crowded railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, February 11, 2013. Photo: Reuters
Here is a list of major stampedes in India over the years, mostly at festivals or religious gatherings:
January 2005: More than 265 Hindu devotees were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede at the Mandhardevi temple in the town of Wai in the western state of Maharashtra. The stampede was caused by slippery stairs leading up to the temple, according to media reports at the time.
August 2008: At the mountaintop Naina Devi temple in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, about 145 Hindu devotees were killed after rumors of a landslide sparked a stampede.
September 2008: A total of 250 people are trampled to death at the Chamundagar temple in the northern desert state of Rajasthan as pilgrims gather to celebrate Navratri, a nine-day festival honoring the Goddess Durga.
March 2010: At least 63 people, more than half of them children, were killed in a stampede triggered by crowds jostling for free food and clothes at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
February 2013: At least 36 Hindu pilgrims were killed in a stampede on the busiest day of the Kumbh Mela festival, a gathering of more than 100 million pilgrims over two months in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Among the dead were 26 women and an 8-year-old girl.
November 2013: About 115 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede at the Ratangarh temple in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, after more than 150,000 people gathered to celebrate Navratri.
January 2022: At least 12 people were killed and many others injured in a stampede at the Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, after a crowd of devotees tried to storm the narrow shrine.
Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters)
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