Authorities pledge disciplinary motion, saying the privately-run temple had not secured official approvals.
Revealed On 1 Nov 2025
A stampede at a temple in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state has killed a minimum of 9 folks and injured others, in accordance with officers.
The incident happened as worshippers crowded into the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibuga to watch a Hindu non secular ceremony on Saturday.
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“An inquiry shall be performed into the tragic incident,” mentioned Pawan Kalyan, the state’s deputy chief minister, placing the demise toll at 9.
The deceased embody eight ladies and a younger boy. At the least yet one more particular person was significantly injured.
In response to native officers and media, practically 25,000 folks gathered on the venue, excess of the temple was geared up to deal with.
There have been no separate entry and exit factors, and there was reportedly chaos when a railing collapsed beneath crowd pressures as devotees climbed to the elevated first-floor temple premises.
Native authorities mentioned the temple is privately managed and never beneath the official endowments division. They mentioned it had not utilized for or secured the required official approvals, and authorities weren’t knowledgeable of the occasion, so they might not safe it.
The workplace of Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned he was “pained” by the stampede.
The workplace mentioned an ex gratia cost of 200,000 Indian rupees (about $2,260) shall be paid to the households of the deceased, whereas the injured will obtain 50,000 rupees ($565) every.
Addressing an area political gathering, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu pledged strict motion in opposition to these liable for the stampede.
Saturday’s stampede is not an remoted incident, with many occurring already in 2025, together with these at temples.
However such calamities should not restricted to non secular gatherings; in late September, a crowd crush at a rally for a well-liked Indian actor-turned-politician within the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed a minimum of 39 folks
One other incident in June killed a minimum of 11 folks exterior a cricket stadium within the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
