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More than 140 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in India's western state of Rajasthan, police say.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at the Chamunda temple near the historic town of Jodhpur where more than 25,000 people had gathered at the start of a major Hindu festival.
"The number of dead is 144," S N Thanvi, Rajashtan's home secretary, told AFP.
"The stampede began when people lost their footing and set off a chain reaction," he said.
"I was to join my friend this morning to offer prayers but I was a little late," recalled a dazed-looking Jodhpur university student who gave his name as Manish.
"When I arrived, I saw chaos, people rushing around the place. I looked for my friend and after a while found him. He was unconscious but without serious injuries," Manish told AFP.
He said the path leading up to the temple shrine was very narrow with many people trying to get in at the time of the incident, as the auspicious time for offering prayers was about to begin.
Overcrowding
Malini Agarwal, Jodhpur's police superintendent, said severe overcrowding apparently caused the crush.
Television footage showed devotees carrying limp bodies to police vehicles, with others trying to resuscitate relatives and loved ones.
In August, at least 145 pilgrims died in a stampede outside a Hindu temple on the top of a mountain in northern India.
The authorities ordered an investigation into that disaster, which occurred after rumors of a landslide triggered panic among pilgrims who ran down a narrow mountain trail from the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh state, only to meet thousands of people walking up.
In January 2005, at least 265 Hindu pilgrims, including several women and children, were killed near a remote temple in Maharashtra state.
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Map of India locating Jodhpur.
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