Thiruvananthapuram:
Three staff of a firecracker unit acquired minor accidents in Sabarimala hill temple in Kerala on Monday when one of many crackers by accident went off whereas filling it, police stated.
Authorities heaved a sigh of aid because the incident occurred far away from the milling crowd of devotees. A temple board official stated the mishap occurred close to Malikappuram (a small shrine in temple advanced) round 5 pm whereas staff have been filling “kathina” (a type of pyro-technique providing). Injured have been later shifted to the bottom camp hospital in Pambha. State temple affairs minister Okay Radhakrishnan later sought a report from the temple board.
The temple has been witnessing uncommon rush today. The temple board was pressured to limit the footfall to 90,000 a day after stampede-like conditions emerged on plenty of events. The temple, located in Periyar tiger reserve in Western Ghat mountain ranges, had witnessed two main stampedes in 1999 and 2011 by which greater than 160 individuals died.
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