This is not the first time that a large number of people have died in stampedes at temples and other religious gatherings ...

In 2008, around 250 Hindu pilgrims died in a stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple located in the scenic Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur in northwest India.

Chamunda Devi Temple (Picture Courtesy: Instagram) Place Details: Located 24 km from Kangra and 15 km from Dharamshala is the famous temple of goddess Chamunda Devi (Chamunda Nandikeshwar Dham).

Similarly, more than 340 devotees were killed at Maharashtra's Mandhardevi temple in 2005 and at least 250 were killed at Rajasthan's Chamunda Devi temple in 2008. Another stampede at a religious ...

Chamunda Devi Temple (Picture Courtesy: Instagram) Located 24 km from Kangra and 15 km from Dharamshala is the famous temple of goddess Chamunda Devi (Chamunda Nandikeshwar Dham).

This story is from October 1, 2008 Chamunda: Guardian deity of Jodhpur TNN / Oct 1, 2008, 04:40 IST AA Follow us ...

So there is a constant battle between the two groups. Chamunda Devi drank up all the blood that flowed from the asuras. If there was spillage and asuras emerged, she ate them up too.

As the devotees slipped, believed to have been pushed by a group of reckless young men, it had a cascading effect on the thousands behind, who had gathered at the 500-year-old Chamunda Devi Temple ...

A serpentine queue leads to the sanctum sanctorum of the Chamunda Devi temple in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. The Baner River gushes past the shrine, watching the hustle and bustle of temple ...

Last month 140 pilgrims were killed in a stampede at a mountain temple in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The Chamunda Devi temple is inside the huge 15th Century Mehrangarh Fort, high above ...