"It was 7 a.m. on June 17 that we heard a loud gurgling sound. I heard people shouting 'run, run and save yourself'. Looking up at the commotion, I saw mud, boulders, stones coming at us with the torrent of water. The force of the water was so much that the roofs of many shops were swept away. Both of us then ran towards the temple. I had just entered the temple, when its massive gates were forced shut by the wind. It looked like god was waiting for us to enter.
"Soon water filled the temple. Only our neck was out of the water, while our entire body was submerged. The force of the water even shook the temple, and many things fell, including the donation box. The box was not so heavy, but as it fell with force, two-three people got trampled under it. They died. We were all very scared.
"In front of our eyes, we saw several people falling off and dying as they could not take standing submerged in the water for hours. There were around 600 people inside the temple at that time," Trivedi told IANS.
