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September 30th, 2008
Posted: 07:54 AM ET

NEW DELHI (CNN) — A stampede at a hill-top temple in western India
killed more than 147 people and wounded 55 others who had gathered to celebrate
the start of a religious holiday on Tuesday, police said.

More than 25,000 devotees were trying to reach the 15th-century temple
through a steep and narrow pathway when the stampede occurred around dawn
Tuesday, officials said.

The Chamunda (prono: chuh-MOON-duh) Devi temple is located inside a fort
atop a hill in Jodhpur, the second-largest city and a popular tourist
destination in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Authorities do not know what prompted the rush, but state Police Chief
K.S. Bains rejected as “baseless” reports that it was triggered by rumors of a
bomb.


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