Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10 Indians

By Chonchui Ngashangva

Published August 25, 2014 3:27pm ET

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Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10 Indians — A woman holds a crying child as relatives of victims gather at the spot of a stampede at the Kamta Nath Hindu temple in Chitrakoot, India, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people Monday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession marking the holy day of Somvati Amavasya. (AP Photo/Amar Deep) | Amar Deep

NEW DELHI (AP) — A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people Monday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said.

Some 50,000 devotees had been marking the holy day of Somvati Amavasya by walking or lying down and rolling for 5 kilometers (3 miles) in a wide circle around the spot where the Hindu god Ram is believed to have spent time during his 14 years in exile.

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