Keeping up with UP: Crowd mismanagement not ‘will of God’ triggered Kumbh deaths
Feb 2, 2025 10:49 AM IST
After a stampede at Maha Kumbh killed at least 30, leaders downplayed the tragedy, attributing it to divine will, while criticizing poor crowd management.
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, a leading priest at Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh, made a more controversial statement when he said on television that everyone has to die one day but those who die on the banks of the Ganga river would get salvation, a blatant example of promoting superstition (HT photo)
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