DEOGHAR, India, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- At least 10 people died as thousands of people at a religious festival in Deoghar, India, rushed toward a temple as its doors opened early Monday.
Religious pilgrims rushed to enter the Baidyanath temple in eastern Jharkhand state, with water offerings from the Ganges River, police superintendent P. Murugan said, and trampled a number of people who had been sleeping under tents on the road. At least 15 others were injured, he said.