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Janmashtami is celebrated all over the world on the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. Kanhaji was born at midnight in the Rohini constellation. Devotees immersed in the devotion of Krishna are celebrating this festival with great pomp from their homes to temples. A huge crowd of devotees was also seen in the temples. Crowds of devotees gathered to get a glimpse of Shri Krishna.
Huge crowd of devotees at ISKCON temple in Patna
On the occasion of Janmashtami, a huge crowd of people reached the ISKCON temple in Patna, the capital of Bihar, on Monday. Meanwhile, the crowd went out of control. Seeing the uncontrollable crowd in the temple, the police banned people from entering the temple. Due to the ban, the crowd started going out of control, due to which the police had to lathi-charge the devotees. During this, more than a dozen devotees were injured. In which the number of female devotees is more.
SSP Rajiv Mishra gave clarification on this incident
Meanwhile, SSP Rajiv Mishra said that there was a huge crowd, but there was no lathi charge. There was no stampede either. He said that adequate force was deployed to control the crowd. The situation is under control. He said that someone might have got injured by falling in the crowd, but there is no report of anyone getting injured in lathi charge and stampede. People say that the administration had not made adequate arrangements for crowd management and security. Due to lack of arrangements, a crowd of people gathered at the gate of the temple. In the name of management, the movement of vehicles on Buddha Marg was stopped and about 20 lathi-wielding policemen, including three inspectors, one magistrate and men and women, were seen at the gate of the temple.