As death toll in the stampede during Godavari Pushkaram festival in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday continues to rise, here is a list of the worst stampede tragedies that have taken place in India.
August 25, 2014
Stampede in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh: At least 10 pilgrims died and several others were injured following a stampede at a temple in Chitrakoot, Satna district. Pilgrims had gathered in large numbers to participate in the Somvati Amavasya rituals when the incident took place.
January 15, 2014
Stampede in Chitrakoot Banka,Bihar: Thousands of people tried to enter the theatre to watch cultural programmes as a part of Mandar Mela. Three persons were killed and 12 others injured, in a stampede as a crowd jostled to enter into a theatre to watch cultural functions on Makar Sankranti in Banka district in Bihar.
October 13, 2013
Stampede near Ratangarh temple in Datia, MP: At least 89 people were killed and over 100 injured during a stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
February 10, 2013
Stampede in Allahabad, UP: On 10 February 2013, during the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, a stampede broke out at the train station in Allahabad in UP, killing 36 people and injuring at least 39.
November 19, 2012
Stampede in Patna, Bihar: A stampede took place at a ghat in the Adalat Ganj area in Patna during the Chhath festival. At least 20 people were feared dead while several others got injured during the stampede.
September 24, 2012
Stampede in Jharkhand : Nine devotees, including eight women, died of suffocation in an ashram in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on September 24, 2012. The stampede took place during the early morning prayers when thousands of people arrived to take part in Saint Thakur Anukul Chand's 125th birth anniversary celebrations at the ashram.
September 23, 2012
Stampede in Mathura, UP : Three pilgrims were killed and over two dozen injured in a stampede at the Ladli Ji temple in Barsana where a large congregation had gathered on the occasion of Radha Ashtami. The stampede took place when devotees were passing through the exit gate during prayers.
February 19, 2012
Junagadh Stampede: Six people died and 30 injured as a stampede took place during the Mahashivratri fair at Bhavnath temple in Junagadh in Gujarat. Nine lakh people were believed to have gathered on February 19, 2012 for the annual five-day fair.
January 14, 2011
Stampede in Sabarimala: In one of the worst recorded accident of its kind in India, 106 pilgrims were dead and over 100 injured during a stampede at an annual pilgrimage at the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala.
November 8, 2011
Stampede in Haridwar: At least 22 people died and many others injured during a ceremony in near Har-ki-Pauri ghat close to the holy river Ganga.
March 4, 2010
Pratapgarh Stampede: About 63 people were killed and 100 injured when this incident took place at Ram Janki Temple in Uttar Pradesh. Over 10,000 people were gathered to collect the free clothes and food on the death anniversary of wife of Kripalu Maharaj when an unfinished temple gate fell which led a panic among the crowd and to the stampede.
September 30, 2008
Rajasthan Temple Stampede: More than 120 were killed and over 200 got injured in a stampede at the hill top Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The tragedy took place when pilgrims gathered to celebrate the Navaratra festival.
July, 2008
Orissa Stampede: Six died and 12 were injured on the auspicious day of Jagannath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and His siblings in Puri.
August 3, 2006
Himachal Temple Stampede: A horrible stampede killed 160 devotees and more than 400 were injured in the famous Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh due to a shelter collapse.
August 27, 2003
Nashik Stampede: A stampede broke out at the Kumbh Mela at Nashik near the holy Godavari river. The accident claimed 40 lives and injured 125 devotees who had come for holy bath during the Kumbh Mela.
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