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Andhra Pradesh bars devotees after temple stampede kills nine in Srikakulam

Dubai: The Andhra Pradesh police have barred devotees from entering the Lord Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Srikakulam district after a stampede killed nine people, including eight women and a boy, during Ekadashi darshan on Saturday. The order came as investigators probed how a devotional gathering at the privately run shrine in Kasibugga turned fatal. Witnesses said the tragedy unfolded when one of the entry gates was closed and a group of devotees, allowed in earlier, fell from a staircase after a grill gave way — crushing scores of people waiting below. Also Read: After Goa temple stampede kills 6 and injures 80, officers transferred, CM seeks report in 48 hours “We have barred devotees...


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