List of human stampedes in Hindu temples information
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The List of Human stampedes in Hindu Temples / Holy Places in India includes:
Deaths in Hindu Temples, holy place or while going to it,
because of Natural Disaster, terrorist attack etc., other than above list of Human stampedes.
Location
Date
Killed
Injured
Ratangarh Mata Temple, Datia, MP[25]
1 October 2006
56
200+[citation needed]
2013 Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand
14 June 2013
6,000+
10,000+
Raghunath Temple attack, Jammu
30 March 2002
11
20+
Raghunath Temple attack, Jammu
24 November 2002
13
50+
Akshardham Temple attack, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
24 September 2002
33
80+
Ram Janmabhoomi attack, Ayodhya, UP
5 July 2005
3+
5+
Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple attack, Varanasi, UP
7 March 2006
3+
50+
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^Haque, Saiful (24 September 2012). "12 dead, 30 injured in a stampede at Satsang Ashram in Jharkhand". Ranchi, India: India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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^Megha Mann; Jai Kumar (3 August 2008). "146 die in Naina Devi stampede". Anandpur Sahib / Bilaspur: The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^ abPatil, Gangadhar (15 October 2013). "Madhya Pradesh temple stampede: 27 of 29 stampedes in country in last five years at religious places". dnaIndia.com. New Delhi, India: Diligent Media Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^Bodh, Anand (4 August 2008). "30 years ago, similar tragedy at shrine had claimed 65 lives". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
^"India stampede death toll rises". BBC News. Jodhpur, India. IANS. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^"Death toll in Jodhpur temple stampede rises to 224". Hindustan Times. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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^The worst stampede was in Allahabad in 1954, killing 800. The Guardian, 28 August 2003.
^The Urn Festival TIME, 8 February 1960.
^1954 Kumbh stampede Law and Order in India, by N. S. Saksena. Published by Abhinav Publications, 1987. ISBN 81-7017-216-0. Page 81, Page 164.
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