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99 temple victims were from Punjab
 Megha Mann
Tribune News Service

Grief-stricken parents and relations of Kiran, a victim of the Naina Devi stampede, at their residence at Lelewala village, near Talwandi Sabo, on Monday morning before the cremation.
Grief-stricken parents and relations of Kiran, a victim of the Naina Devi stampede, at their residence at Lelewala village, near Talwandi Sabo, on Monday morning before the cremation. — A Tribune photograph

Anandpur Sahib, August 4
Ninetynine of the 146 victims killed in the stampede at Naina Devi on Sunday were from Punjab. These include 54 men and 45 women. The maximum number of deceased, 73, was from different parts of Patiala.

Twentyone of the deceased were reportedly from Haryana, this includes 13 men and eight women. Of the nine killed from Himachal Pradesh, there were three men and six women. Five people from Bihar died in the accident, of these there were two men and three women.

A total number of 35 women and 32 children died in the incident. In Haryana, 17 members of a family were killed. Most of the injured were discharged from hospital late evening today.

Among the injured, five were from Ludhiana, three from Moga, one each from Gooda, Pajkalain in Haryana, Jagraon, Khanna, Bilaspur and Una, five from Ambala, two from Bathinda, eight from Barnala, seven from Sangrur, seven from Mansa and two from Patiala.

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Faith over fear

Devotees walk downhill after offering prayers at the Naina Devi shrine temple at Bilaspur on Monday
Devotees walk downhill after offering prayers at the Naina Devi shrine temple at Bilaspur on Monday. — AFP

Undeterred by the tragedy, over 25,000 devotees offered prayers at Naina Devi temple till 3 pm since morning, temple sources said today, a day after a stampede here claimed 146 lives. An office-bearer of the temple, Narendra, said the flow of pilgrims to the shrine has shown no signs of decline and the enthuasism among the devotees still runs high. Sources in the temple, located about 50 km from the district headquarters of Bilaspur and 160 km from capital Shimla, said pilgrims kept pouring into the temple throughout the night.

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