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Vaishno Devi stampede: They came to pray...

January 01, 2022 15:48 IST

A rush of devotees at the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu caused a stampede in which 12 people were killed and 20 others injured.

Please click on the images for glimpses of what happened therafter.

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

All photographs: PTI Photo

 
stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

IMAGE: Relatives carry the body of a victim at a makeshift mortuary in Katra.

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

IMAGE: Bodies of the stampede victims at the mortuary in Katra.

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

IMAGE: Devotees wait to purchase tickets to visit the Mata Vaishno Devi temple after the shrine reopened on Saturday morning.

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

IMAGE: Devotees return without darshan at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

 

stampede, Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu

IMAGE: Police personnel at the community health centre in Katra where the bodies of the stampede victims were kept.

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