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Stampedes during pilgrimages, India, 2005-14; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India

[edit] India and the world

[edit] 1990-2022

Some of world's worst stampedes, 1990- Oct 2022
From: Oct 31, 2022: The Times of India

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Some of world's worst stampedes, 1990- Oct 2022

[edit] Major stampedes: 2001-17

Major stampedes in India, 2001-17
From September 30, 2017 The Times of India

See graphic, Major stampedes in India, 2001-17

[edit] Major stampedes: 2005-15

The Hindu, September 25, 2015 11:49 IST

A look at the number of lives lost in stampedes during pilgrimages in India over 2005-15

Over 700 pilgrims were killed and 863 were injured on Thursday in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, where some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's civil defence authority said.

The pilgrimage, the world's largest annual gathering of people, has been the scene of deadly disasters in the past, including stampedes, tent fires and riots.

Major stampedes at pilgrimages in India over the last decade

[edit] 2005

[edit] The Mandiradevi Temple, Maharashtra

About 300 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede on the narrow road leading to the Kalubai temple in Mandradevi, 18 km from Wai in Maharashtra's Satara district.

300 dead

[edit] 2008

[edit] The Naina Devi Temple, Himachal Pradesh

A slender trail leading to the famous hilltop Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh saw a stampede triggering due to rumours of a landslip uphill, as terrified people started running down.

146 dead

230 injured

[edit] The Chamunda Devi Temple, Jodhpur

The Chamunda Devi temple is on a hillock adjoining the Mehrangarh Fort. The victims were either trampled to death or had died of suffocation.

200+ dead

400+ injured

[edit] 2011

[edit] The Sabarimala Temple, Kerala

The tragedy had occurred around 9 pm when pilgrims were returning after witnessing the ‘Makarajyothi’ from the grassland area (Pulmedu), about 12 km from Sabarimala.

102 dead

100+ injured

[edit] 2013

[edit] The Kumbh Mela, Allahabad

Those caught in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station during the Kumbh Mela, blamed it on police action, mismanagement and lack of immediate relief.

36 dead

39 injured

[edit] Ratangarh Mata Temple, Madhya Pradesh

The stampede broke out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district, due to a rumour that a section of the bridge had collapsed.

115 dead

110+ injured

[edit] 2015

[edit] Godavari Maha Pushakaram, Andhra Pradesh

The tragedy occurred when thousands of pilgrims who were kept back while VIPs performed their pujas, were suddenly let out to the bathing ghat. It exposed the failure of the crowd management systems.

27 dead

36 injured

[edit] August 2015: Stampede in Deoghar, Jharkhand

The Times of India, August 11, 2015

Jaideep Deogharia & Pravin Mishra

Ten devotees were killed and 70 injured in a stampede on August 10, 2015 at Baba Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar in Jharkhand, where thousands of pilgrims had queued up to offer water at the shivalinga on the second somvar, coinci ding with ekadashi, both con sidered auspicious for Hin dus. A communique from the state headquarters said the stampede occurred when a group of kanwariyas tried to force themselves forward. the stampede took place at Belabagan, 10 km from the temple premises, be tween 3:30 and 4am when a po liceman used his stick to dis perse the kanwariays heading towards the temple premises.