New Delhi, Sep 24: At least nine people died of suffocation and nearly 120 others fainted at a prayer hall in Deoghar district of Jharkhand Monday when tens of thousands of people gathered at an ashram on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Thakur Anukul Chand.
Just the previous day, Sunday, two women died when massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.
While one woman died of a heart attack, another slipped down the stairs to her death.
Thousands of devotees had gathered at Barsana village in Mathura district on the birthday of Radha Rani, celebrated as Radha-Ashtami in Mathura and Vrindavan, the "leelabhoomi" (playground) of lord Sri Krishna and his companion Radha.
