Authorities pledge disciplinary motion, saying the privately-run temple had not secured official approvals.
Printed On 1 Nov 2025
A stampede at a temple in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state has killed a minimum of 9 individuals and injured others, in line with officers.
The incident occurred as worshippers crowded into the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibuga to watch a Hindu spiritual ceremony on Saturday.
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“An inquiry shall be carried out into the tragic incident,” stated Pawan Kalyan, the state’s deputy chief minister, placing the demise toll at 9.
The deceased embrace eight ladies and a younger boy. Not less than yet another individual was significantly injured.
Based on native officers and media, practically 25,000 individuals gathered on the venue, excess of the temple was outfitted to deal with.
There have been no separate entry and exit factors, and there was reportedly chaos when a railing collapsed underneath crowd pressures as devotees climbed to the elevated first-floor temple premises.
Native authorities stated the temple is privately managed and never underneath the official endowments division. They stated it had not utilized for or secured the required official approvals, and authorities weren’t knowledgeable of the occasion, so they may not safe it.
The workplace of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated he was “pained” by the stampede.
The workplace stated 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 towards these liable for the stampede.
Saturday’s stampede is not an isolated incident, with many taking place already in 2025, together with these at temples.
However such calamities are usually not restricted to non secular gatherings; in late September, a crowd crush at a rally for a preferred Indian actor-turned-politician within the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 39 people
One other incident in June killed at least 11 people outdoors a cricket stadium within the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
