Betrayed by the faith!

Death is a certainly a word that terrified all living souls. However, it is bitter fact that no matter how much hate it one day all of us have to embraced it. Some decide their own fate and taken their own life but mostly the death strikes silently. For me the extreme pathetic way  to die while visiting the places of your religious belief then crashed to death in front of the God of your trust. Throughout the world every year there are hundreds of people dying while visiting the religious places. Mostly of these death occurs either by stampede or due to fire. In India  we had many such incidents and also witnessed one recently during on going Kumbha Mela. Most of the cases the organizers should be blame for the tragedies. Administration should always prepare for such large gathering to prevent it happen again and again. Some of the worst stampede incident that occurred in different part of the world.

India

Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad, 3 February 1954 : A stampede that occurred in 1954 at Kumbha Mela in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh on the main bathing day of Mauni Amavasya, when the incident took place. It was the  first Kumbh Mela after the Independence. About he figures for the tragedy varied according to different sources. It left, more than 800 people dead and over 100 injured.

Allahabad 3 February 2013, during Kumbh Mela, a stampede broke out at the train station in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 36 people and injuring at least 39.

Pratapgarh, March 4, 2010 : At least 63 people were killed and 35 injured in a stampede after the entry gate of an overcrowded spiritual ashram in Pratapgarh.

Maharashtra

Nashik August 27, 2003  : A stampede broke out at the Kumbh Mela at Nashik near the holy Godavari river. The accident claimed 40 lives and injured 125 devotees who had come for holy bath during the Kumbh Mela.

Satara January 26, 2005 : During a religious fair at Mandher Devi temple in Satara district of Maharashtra, a stampede killed 350 people and injured 200 devotees.

Nagpur, 23 November 1994 :  Stampede occurred at Nagpur, India in which 114 people from the Gowari community were killed and 500 more injured.

Himachal Pradesh

August 3, 2008 : Over 160 people were killed and several injured in a stampede at the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh.

Uttrakhand

Ujjain and Haridwar, 15 July 1996:  stampedes refer to two human stampedes which occurred in Ujjain and Haridwar killing 39 and 21 hindu worshippers at respective places.

Haridwar, November 8, 2011 : The Stampede at the shrine in Haridwar claimed 22 lives near the river Ganga on .

Rajasthan

Jodhpur, ptember 30, 2008 : A human stampede occurred on , at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in which 249 people were killed and more than 400 injured.

Kerala

Sabarimala 14 January, 1999 : Stampede that occurred at Sabarimala temple on the Makara Jyothi Day, 53 people died in the stampede.

Sabarimala, 14 January 2011: A stampede occurred on  Makara Jyothi Day during an annual pilgrimage, killing 106 pilgrims and injuring about 100 more. It was the second occurrence of such incident in same place.

Saudi Arabia,Mecca

Millions of peoples visit Mecca for Haj and most of the stampede death occurs during stoning of the Devil ritual.

July 2, 1990 : A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leading out from Mecca towards Mina, Saudi Arabia and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims, many of them Malaysian, Indonesian and Pakistani of origin.

May 23, 1994 : A stampede killed at least 270 pilgrims at the stoning of the Devil ritual.

April 9, 1998: A least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured in an incident on Jamarat Bridge.

March 5, 2001: Thirty five pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede during the stoning of the Devil ritual.

February 11, 2003: The stoning of the Devil ritual claimed 14 pilgrims' lives.

February 1, 2004: 251 pilgrims were killed and another 244 injured in a stampede during the stoning ritual in Mina.

January 12, 2006: A stampede during the ritual ramy al-jamarāt on the last day of the Hajj in Mina killed at least 346 pilgrims and injured at least 289 more. The incident occurred when a busload of travellers arrived together at the eastern access ramps to the Jamarat Bridge. This caused pilgrims to trip, rapidly resulting in a lethal crush. An estimated two million people were performing the ritual at the time.

Human lives, one or many is always matter but there are many incidents related to stampede  in a religious place.

!!Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. - Khalil Gibran!!!