At least three people lost their lives and several others were injured in the shoulder, which took place soon on Sunday near Saradhabali, near the Gundich temple in Puri, as PTI says.
The incident occurred around 4 am, when hundreds of devotees gathered near the temple, said the Puri Siddharth Swain collector.
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The injuries were taken to the nearby hospital and the condition of six people is critical, he said. The deceased were identified as Basants of Saho of Bolagarh and the premacant of Mohanta and the right -hand das of Balipatna. Visuals from the postmortem center in Puri showed families of victims collected outside the facility.
What did eyewitnesses say?
The man who lost his wife on StamPede said, “When this incident occurred, no one responded, neither firefighters nor rescue team nor hospital team. This is a sloping incident that cannot be expressed …”
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Swadhin Kumar Panda, Puri resident, said:
Odisha Lop and former CM Naveen Patnaik said, “I am expanding my sincere condolences to the families of three devotees who lost their lives in a tragic decline in Saradhabali, Puri and I pray to Mahaprabh Jagannath after groomed after devotees after today’s day. It reveals a glaring inability of the government to ensure the peace festival for devoted… ”
On the third day of Jagannath Rath Yatra, devoted from around the world, they witnessed in large numbers and were part of the well -known Yatra.
On Friday in Oishov Puri, Yatra Lord Jagannath, a large annual Rath, began, with thousands of devoted to the majestic cars of the Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and the Devi Subhadra from Jagannath to Gundich’s Temple. The event was marked by singing, Drumbeats and a stunning sense of spiritual enthusiasm.
(With the entry from agencies)
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