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Hundreds die in stampede in Jodhpur temple
September 30, 2008
She said four of the injured were in a critical condition. Over 1,000 people, mostly locals, had gathered from shortly after midnight for a glimpse of the Deity at the start of the Navratri festival.
Different versions have cropped up over the reason for the stampede with one saying that there was a scramble on the narrow 2-km path for gaining entry to the hillock shrine in the Fort run by the family of erstwhile ruler Gaj Singh.
The casualties occurred in the queue meant for men while that for the women and children was unaffected, officials said.
Image: A victim of the Chamunda Devi temple stampede being taken for treatment.
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