Tragedy struck during the Rath Yatra festival in Puri, India, as a stampede near the Gundicha Temple resulted in at least three fatalities and numerous injuries. Prior to the stampede, hundreds of devotees were hospitalized due to exhaustion and crowd pressure during the Rath Yatra.
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