New Delhi: A stampede at Haridwar's hilltop Mansa Devi temple, the place tons of of devotees had gathered on Sunday, left a minimum of six folks useless and several other injured.
This isn't the primary time that a lot of folks have died in stampedes at temples and different spiritual gatherings through the years in India.
Greater than 70 folks have died in stampedes occurring throughout temple celebrations, at railway stations and on the Maha Kumbh thus far this 12 months, together with Sunday's incident.
Here's a checklist of a few of the main stampedes that occurred within the nation over the past 20 years:
- June 4, 2025: An RCB parade in celebration of the maiden IPL win after 18 years turned a horrific sight, leaving a minimum of 11 folks useless and several other injured in a stampede close to the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
- Could 3, 2025: Six folks died and round 100 folks had been injured within the stampede within the early hours throughout an annual pageant of Sri Lairai Devi temple at Shirgao village in Goa.
- February 15, 2025: Eighteen folks, together with girls and youngsters, died in a stampede on the New Delhi Railway Station. They had been ready to board the practice to Prayagraj for Maha Kumbh.
- January 29, 2025: Thirty folks had been killed and 60 had been injured at a stampede on the Sangam space of the Maha Kumbh as thousands and thousands of pilgrims jostled for house to take part in ‘Amrit Snan'.
- January 8, 2025: Six devotees had been killed and dozens had been injured in a stampede as tons of of them jostled for tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala Hills.
- December 4, 2024: A 35-year-old girl died and a boy was injured at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad in a stampede the place Allu Arjun's blockbuster ‘Pushpa 2' was screened.
- July 2, 2024: Between 100 and 120 folks, together with girls and youngsters, had been killed after a stampede broke out at a ‘satsang' (prayer assembly) organised by a self-styled godman, Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari, in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.
- March 31, 2023: Thirty-six folks died when the slab constructed on prime of an historical ‘bawdi' or nicely collapsed throughout a ‘havan' programme held on the event of Ram Navami at a temple in Indore metropolis.
- January 1, 2022: Twelve folks died and over a dozen had been injured in a stampede on the well-known Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir triggered by a heavy rush of devotees.
- September 29, 2017: Twenty-three folks misplaced their lives and 36 had been injured within the stampede on the slender bridge connecting the Elphinstone Street station of the Western Railway with Parel station of the Central Railway in Mumbai.
- July 14, 2015: Twenty-seven pilgrims died and 20 others had been injured in a stampede at a significant bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river the place an enormous crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of the ‘Pushkaram' pageant in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh
- October 3, 2014: Thirty-two folks had been killed and 26 others injured in a stampede at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, shortly after the Dussehra celebrations ended.
- October 13, 2013: 115 folks had been killed and over 100 injured in a stampede in the course of the Navratri festivities close to Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district. The stampede was triggered by rumours {that a} river bridge the devotees had been crossing was about to break down.
- November 19, 2012: Eighteen folks had been killed and lots of others injured as a makeshift bridge caved in, triggering a stampede in the course of the Chhath Puja at Adalat Ghat on one of many banks of the Ganga River in Patna.
- November 8, 2011: Twenty folks had been killed in a stampede in Haridwar at Har-ki-Pauri ghat on the banks of the Ganga river.
- January 14, 2011: A stampede brought on by a jeep crashing into pilgrims at Pulmedu in Kerala's Idukki district left 104 Sabarimala devotees useless and over 40 injured.
- March 4, 2010: Sixty-three folks had been killed in a stampede at Ram Janki Temple of Kripalu Maharaj in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district as folks gathered to gather free garments and meals from the self-styled godman.
- September 30, 2008: Between 220 and 250 devotees had been killed and over 60 injured in a stampede triggered by rumours of a bomb going off at Chamunda Devi temple in Rajasthan's Jodhpur metropolis.
- August 3, 2008: A stampede triggered by rumours of rockslides at Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district left 162 useless and 47 injured.
- January 25, 2005: Round 340 devotees had been trampled to dying and tons of injured throughout an annual pilgrimage at Mandhardevi temple in Maharashtra's Satara district. The accident occurred when some folks fell down the steps made slippery by the devotees breaking coconuts.
- August 27, 2003: Thirty-nine folks had been killed and round 140 injured in a stampede in the course of the holy tub on the Kumbh Mela in Maharashtra's Nashik district.
