A crowd surge at a popular Hindu temple in southern India left at least nine people dead and dozens injured, local authorities said on Saturday.
The incident occurred at the Swamy Venkateswara Temple in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh state, where hundreds of devotees had gathered to mark one of Hinduism’s sacred days – “Ekadashi”, senior police officer K. V. Maheswra Reddy said.
On this day, the devotees fast and offer prayers to Lord Vishnu, a key Hindu deity.
An initial…
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