The darker side of Hindu festivals :-0

More than 250 killed during Hindu festival in India:

"Police chief Chandrakant Kumbhar said the incident began when the temple floor became slippery from a ceremony that involved breaking coconuts in front of a deity. Some pilgrims fell and were trampled to death by others propelled forward by the mass of people behind them trying to get into the temple to make offerings.

'When their relatives, who were still climbing the stairs, heard the news, they became angry and set fire to some shops,'' Kumbhar said.

The fires were set along a packed, narrow walkway lined with tea stalls and shops leading up a hill to the temple. They set off what witnesses said was a stampede of screaming crowds fleeing in horror.

At least 258 people were killed, while another 200 were injured, Subha Rao, the top district administrator, said Wednesday. But the death toll could rise as rescue workers shifting through the debris looked for more bodies."

No words to say...