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Vaishno Devi stampede: They came to pray...

By Rediff News Bureau
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.

 

All photographs: PTI Photo

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Mahipal Soni/Rediff.com

 

 
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