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In a tragic incident, at least nine people–eight women and a boy–lost their lives after a stampede broke out at the Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam Kasibugga, as a large crowd gathered on the occasion of Ekadashi .

According to Kasibugga sub-division in-charge DSP Lakshman Rao, the stampede occurred at Venkateswara Temple at around 11:30 am, when large crowd of devotees thronged the temple. Saturdays witness a heavy footfall of around 10,000 to 15,000 devotees at the temple, popularly known as “Chinna Tirupati" or “Little Tirupati." However, this Saturday, being Devprabodhini Ekadashi , nearly 25,000 devotees turned up. Witnesses said the stampede began when devotees jostled for space in the women’s queue.

The barricades set up to reg

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