Tirupati Temple Stampede: No less than Six devotees misplaced their lives, and dozens sustained accidents in a stampede on Wednesday evening on the Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills. The chaos erupted as crowd ready for tokens for the Vaikuntha Dwara Sarvadarshanam, spiraled uncontrolled, officers mentioned.
Lots of of devotees from throughout the nation gathered for tickets of the annual Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam (a particular 10-day darshan set to start on Friday, January 10).
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah have expressed grief over the tragedy.
Naidu wrote in a Telugu publish on X, “The dying of a number of devotees in a stampede close to Vishnu Niwasam in Tirupati for tokens to go to Tirumala Srivari Vaikuntha Dwara has grieved me intensely. This tragic incident, which passed off at a time when devotees had gathered in massive numbers for tokens, deeply disturbed me.”
What Occurred At Tirupati Temple
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages temple operations, had organized particular counters to distribute tokens for the Vaikunta Ekadasi competition on January 9. These tokens allowed devotees to go to Lord Venkateswara and had been being distributed at MGM Excessive Faculty in Bairagipatteda, close to the Vishnu Nivasam temple in Tirupati.
1000’s of devotees began gathering on the counters from Wednesday morning. By night, the group turned uncontrollable, resulting in pushing and jostling.
As per the assertion from the workplace of TTD Chairman BR Naidu cited by ANI, CM Naidu is intently monitoring the incident and has expressed “dissatisfaction with the officers’ administration throughout a teleconference.”
In talks with a vernacular information channel, BR Naidu mentioned, “A DSP opened the gates…and instantly everyone pushing forward led to this stampede and studies are rising that six individuals died.”
TTD mentioned that mentioned one physique has been recognized whereas the others are but to be recognized.
“The Chief Minister will go to the households of the deceased tomorrow at 11:45 am. CM has warned that such incidents shouldn’t be repeated and is intently monitoring updates on the problem,” he added.
A TTD board member hinted at administrative lapses behind the stampede, stating, “There may be some suspicion that it occurred as a result of (the temple) administration.” He additionally famous that the Chief Minister would go to Tirupati on Thursday to satisfy the injured.
Calling the incident ‘unlucky,’ TTD board member Bhanu Prakash apologised to devotees. “There was some lacuna, and stringent motion might be taken, however misplaced lives can’t be introduced again,” he mentioned.
Movies of police personnel performing CPR on ladies devotees and injured people being transported in ambulances have gone viral.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)
