At least 11 people, including a woman, were killed and 30 others injured in a temple stampede in Jharkhand's Deogarh district , on Monday, August 10, as told by the police to PTI. "Ten men and a woman died as the devotees tried to overtake each other around 4 am," Deputy Commissioner of police, Deogarh Amit Kumar told PTI. "The incident took place near a Durga temple at Belabagan More, on Deogarh-Jassidih, about 350 kilometres from Ranchi. All the injured are being treated at a nearby hospital," said Civil Surgeon, Diwakar Kamath.

11 killed & 50 people injured in a stampede at a temple in Belabagan in Jharkhand; Injured taken to hospital pic.twitter.com/IJPPNfpXEg

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According to the reports of Indiatoday.in, the incident happened around 5.45 am. The stampede started when people attempted to jump queue in order to get closer to the temple. Since it is the second Monday of the saawan (Monsoon) month, many people had gathered to pray at the temple and ghat. Monday is considered as the most auspicious day of Shravan month of the Hindu calendar. "The stampede was a result of large crowd gathering," Kumar added in his statement. Reportedly, this was not the first time the temple witnessed a crowd. Last week, nearly one lakh people were present at the temple. Thousands of devotees come to the temple in the holy month of saawan to worship Lord Shiva in the famous Baidyanathdham temple. Source: indiatoday.in