A massive stampede broke out in the temple in Andhra Pradesh, many people died in the crowd gathered for darshan.

News India Live, Digital Desk: A major and painful accident took place in a famous temple of Andhra Pradesh on Friday. On the holy occasion of Ekadashi of Kartik month, a huge crowd gathered for darshan at Venkateswara Swamy Temple located in Guntur district, suddenly a stampede broke out, in which people were crushed. Death of many devotees It happened and dozens of people were seriously injured. The death toll may still increase, as the condition of many injured is said to be very critical.

The race for darshan became a ‘race of death’

This temple is considered to be one of the most revered Venkateswara Swamy temples in Andhra Pradesh after Tirupati. Being Ekadashi of Kartik month, lakhs of devotees had gathered here since morning for darshan on Friday.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred between people going inside the temple. narrow paths and stairs But it happened.

• How the stampede happened: There is only one main and narrow path to enter the temple. In the morning, when thousands of people tried to go inside the temple together, some people from the front slipped and fell on the stairs.
• Pressure increased from behind: The crowd coming from behind had no idea what happened next, and continued moving forward. Due to this pressure, the fallen people did not even get a chance to get up and they got crushed under the feet of thousands of people.
• Screams and chaos: Within a few moments this queue for darshan turned into a ‘queue of death’. There was shouting and hue and cry all around. People started running, trampling each other to save their lives, due to which the situation became even more frightening.

Serious questions raised on administration

As soon as the information was received, police and rescue teams reached the spot and admitted the injured to nearby government hospitals. But this tragic accident has raised many serious questions on the preparedness of the local administration and temple management.

• Big mistake in crowd management: The question being asked is that when the administration knew that lakhs of people would gather on Ekadashi, then why were proper arrangements not made to control the crowd?
• Why narrow path?: Why were there no arrangements for separate and wide paths for entry and exit from the temple?

The Chief Minister of the state has expressed deep grief over the incident and announced compensation to the families of the deceased. He has also ordered a high level investigation into the matter so that those responsible for this negligence can be punished. This incident once again reminds us how much better crowd management at our religious places needs to be.