Chamunda Devi temple Jodhpur 30/10/2008

147 dead in temple stampede in Jodhpur

JODHPUR: One hundred and forty-seven dead, over 60 injured and hardly a drop of blood. All it took was some unruly people jumping the queue and some furiously whispered rumours of a bomb going off, to leave this deathly trail

Death toll rises to 224 in Indian temple stampede

JODHPUR, India (AP) — The death toll in a stampede at a Hindu temple rose Thursday to 224 as the government asked a retired judge to probe the cause of the disaster two days earlier in western India, police said.

At least 113 dead in India temple crush: official

At least 113 people were killed and scores injured Tuesday in a massive stampede at a Hindu temple in the western state of Rajasthan, a senior state official said.

The disaster occurred as more than 25,000 worshippers clamoured to reach the 15th century Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur’s hill-top Mehrangarh Fort at the start of Navaratri, a major Hindu festival.

 

Death toll rises to 168 in Indian stampede

NEW DELHI – At least 168 people were trampled to death and more than 425 were injured in a massive stampede at a Hindu temple yesterday in Jodhpur city, officials said, the third such disaster in India in three months.

Scores die in India temple crush

At least 147 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, the state government says.

147 killed, 55 injured in Jodhpur temple stampede

In one of worst tragedies in Rajasthan, nearly 150 people were crushed to death in a stampede that took place when thousands of devotees gathered at a 15th century temple in Jodhpur on the occasion of Navaratri festival on Tuesday.

Worshippers killed in Indian temple stampede

The death toll from the stampede at a Hindu temple in western India today has risen to at least 168, an official said.

 

More than 25,000 people had gathered at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.

197 dead in temple stampede in Jodhpur

JODHPUR: In one of worst tragedies of its kind in India, 197 people died, mostly men, and several people were injured in a stampede that took place wA stampede victim being rushed to hospital.

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