{"id":1950,"date":"2025-07-27T08:35:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/at-least-six-killed-in-crowd-crush-at-hindu-temple-in-indias-haridwar\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:35:42","slug":"at-least-six-killed-in-crowd-crush-at-hindu-temple-in-indias-haridwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/at-least-six-killed-in-crowd-crush-at-hindu-temple-in-indias-haridwar\/","title":{"rendered":"At least six killed in crowd crush at Hindu temple in India\u2019s Haridwar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overhead power line reportedly snaps and falls onto a part of the crowd, triggering panic among devotees.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush after a large crowd gathered at a popular Hindu temple in northern India\u2019s Uttarakhand state.<\/p>\n

The incident at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar city occurred on Sunday after a high-voltage electric wire reportedly fell on a temple path, triggering panic among the large crowd of devotees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sight of the wire falling caused immediate panic, and a desperate scramble to escape led to the stampede,\u201d local police official Ritesh Saha told The Times of India newspaper.<\/p>\n

Vinay Shankar Pandey, a senior government official in Uttarakhand, confirmed the deaths. Hospital officials said one person was electrocuted, while others died in the ensuing stampede, Indian media reports said.<\/p>\n

Police and emergency services rushed to the scene after the incident and launched a rescue operation. Nearly 35 injured people were transported to a nearby hospital, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is now under control,\u201d Pandey told The Associated Press news agency by phone from Haridwar. \u201cBut the panic led to tragic consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Relatives outside a hospital as the injured are brought, in Haridwar, India, July 27, 2025 [AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Authorities are investigating what caused the overhead wire to collapse and whether proper crowd management protocols were in place. The temple town draws millions of visitors each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is extremely distressing to receive news of a stampede on the route to the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar,\u201d Uttarakhand\u2019s Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami posted on X.<\/p>\n

Crowd surges<\/a> at religious gatherings are not uncommon in India, where massive groups often congregate at temples or pilgrimage sites, sometimes overwhelming local infrastructure and security measures.<\/p>\n

In June, a sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in the coastal state of Odisha triggered a stampede that killed at least three people and injured several others. The previous month saw six people crushed to death in the western state of Goa<\/a> after thousands gathered for a popular fire-walking ritual.<\/p>\n

In January, at least 30 people were killed in an early morning crush<\/a> at the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu mega-festival in Uttar Pradesh state\u2019s Prayagraj district.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overhead power line reportedly snaps and falls onto a part of the crowd, triggering panic among devotees. At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush after a large crowd gathered at a popular Hindu temple in northern India\u2019s Uttarakhand state. The incident at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar city … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}