Rajastan's Jodhpur Fort is one of the oldest forts in India. In 1459, Jodha Maharaj built the temple for Chamunda Devi inside the fort. The fort and temple also has a huge attraction of tourists. Right from the day when the temple was built, people of the area and even people from neighbouring stated visit the temple on occasions. The most famous occasion and the festival celebrated there is the Dasara.
This year as the Dasara has started from last Sunday, on the first day as usual there was huge crowd in the temple. There was a huge queue standing for a long distance from the fort. There were 2 queues. One for ladies and children and the other for the gents. As time passed the crowd become much and suddenly in the middle of the gents queue there became some pushing. As it got more serious, one side wall broke off and some devotees went sliding down and fell on their successive persons. Following this all of them rushed out by pushing each other and stamping others. Suddenly there became huge stampede as the people rushed and many were injured. As it was in the mountain at a height of 400 meters, police could not reach soon and carry out the rescue operations. Finally, 150 people were found dead and more than 100 were injured. The bodies of the dead were kept in the entrance of the temple and relatives were seen crying and this incident shook all the devotees present there. The injured people were taken to the Jodhpur government hospital immediately for the treatment.
In the year 2008, this is the 4th incident happening in the same manner. The other 3 incidents are
1. Stampede in the Naina Devi temple in Himachal on August 3rd. 150 people wre dead there.
2. Puri Jagannath temple of Orissa incident took lives of 4 people on 4th July.
3. 8 people were dead in the Janaki Lava-Kusa temple in Madhya Pradesh on March 27th.
This year as the Dasara has started from last Sunday, on the first day as usual there was huge crowd in the temple. There was a huge queue standing for a long distance from the fort. There were 2 queues. One for ladies and children and the other for the gents. As time passed the crowd become much and suddenly in the middle of the gents queue there became some pushing. As it got more serious, one side wall broke off and some devotees went sliding down and fell on their successive persons. Following this all of them rushed out by pushing each other and stamping others. Suddenly there became huge stampede as the people rushed and many were injured. As it was in the mountain at a height of 400 meters, police could not reach soon and carry out the rescue operations. Finally, 150 people were found dead and more than 100 were injured. The bodies of the dead were kept in the entrance of the temple and relatives were seen crying and this incident shook all the devotees present there. The injured people were taken to the Jodhpur government hospital immediately for the treatment.In the year 2008, this is the 4th incident happening in the same manner. The other 3 incidents are
1. Stampede in the Naina Devi temple in Himachal on August 3rd. 150 people wre dead there.
2. Puri Jagannath temple of Orissa incident took lives of 4 people on 4th July.
3. 8 people were dead in the Janaki Lava-Kusa temple in Madhya Pradesh on March 27th.
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