Major incident in Lord Jagannath Yatra in Puri, more than 600 devotees injured in crowd

Over 600 devotees were injured and had to be admitted to hospital during the Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra in Puri, Odisha. Lord Balabhadra’s Taldhwaj Rath faced a lot of difficulty in pulling around a bend, due to which the procession slowed down. A large number of devotees gathered at the spot after the Rath Yatra stalled. How did the stampede happen? During the Rath Yatra, held every year, lakhs of devotees of Lord Jagannath from all over the country and the world reach the pilgrimage city of Puri. During this time, the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra is pulled by hand from the 12th century Puri Jagannath Temple to Gundicha Temple, about 2.5 km away. Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra stay at the Gundicha temple for a week and then return to the sanctum sanctorum of the Jagannath temple in the same procession.

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