Baidyanath Temple, Jharkhand, India, Crowd Incident 10/08/2015

Jharkhand: 11 killed, 50 injured in stampede at Deoghar temple

According to the district administration, the stampede occurred at 5 am when people were trying to jump queue in order to get closer to the temple.

11 killed, 50 injured in Baidyanath Temple stampede in Jharkhand

Ranchi: At least 11 people were killed and 50 injured in a stampede at a temple in Jharkhand’s Deoghar town early Monday, police said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “pained at loss of lives”.

Stampede in India Kills 10 Pilgrims Attending Hindu Festival

NEW DELHI — A stampede outside a temple early on Monday morning during a Hindu religious festival in eastern India left 10 pilgrims dead, government officials said.

India temple stampede in Jharkhand leaves 10 dead

At least 10 people have been killed and 20 injured in a stampede at a temple in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials say.

Pilgrims have been marking a Hindu religious festival in Deoghar town.

It happened as pilgrims tried to make their way into the complex, a district official told BBC Hindi.

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