Jostling among thousands of devotees for tickets to a religious event in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, is suspected to have caused the stampede that claimed at least six lives on Wednesday evening.
The incident took place when a large number of devotees, who turned up from across the country, gathered for tickets for the annual Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills, an official from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) told HT.
The 10-day Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam (darshan of the deity from the northern entrance of the temple) commences from January 10.