Six people were killed and more than 40 injured in the jostling while queuing for free religious tickets at the Nivasam Temple in Andhra Pradesh State in southeastern India.
The Vaikuntha Ekadasi event committee plans to distribute 120,000 free tickets scheduled for January 10. Free ticket distributions are held at 94 counters at three pilgrimage sites.
Reported by ANTARA from Sputnik-OANA, the ticket distribution was carried out on Thursday, January 9, but thousands of people had lined up at the location the day before.
"The situation at the MGM Middle School in Bairagipated which is near the temple, where around 4,000-5,000 people gathered on Wednesday morning, was chaotic," City Commissioner Tirupati, N.Moruya told broadcaster NDTV.
In the evening the crowd became disordered.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian government officials expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and prayed that the injured victims as a result of the incident would soon recover.
Meanwhile, local authorities began to investigate the incident.
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