KATHMANDU, Aug 17: At least seven devotees were killed and a dozen others injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Lakhisarai district of Bihar on Monday, The Hindu reported.
According to The Hindu, an eyewitness said that two trains carrying devotees had arrived at Lakhisarai railway station, after which devotees, mostly women, rushed to the temple to offer holy water to Lord Shiva on the third auspicious Monday of the month of Shravan.
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The rush led to a stampede after a bamboo barricade broke and an electric pole snapped at the site, the eyewitness said.
