At least 103 people were killed and about 29 people injured in a major stampede in the Chamunda Devi temple at the start of Navaratra festival in Jodhpur, India on Tuesday morning.
The reason for the stampede at the temple in a hillock in the famous Jodhpur Fort was not known.
Of the 103 dead, 30 bodies were brought to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital and the remaining 10 to Mathura Das Hospital in Jodhpur, Divisional Commissioner Kiran Soni Gupta told a news agency.
The devotees in huge number, especially women, had gathered at the temple from early this morning in view of the Navratra festival starting from Tuesday.
The reason for the stampede at the temple in a hillock in the famous Jodhpur Fort was not known.
By DDNEWS
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