At least 27 people have died and dozens injured in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival in southern India.
Tens of thousands of people pushed forward to bathe in the Godavari River during the Maha Pushkaralu festival in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh state, Arun Kumar, the state administrator, said.
Police have said that the stampede was caused by pilgrims who were trying to retrieve their shoes, which had fallen off in the race to the river.
The incident happened shortly after the 12-day bathing festival started in the early hours of the morning at around 8 am, according to Kumar.
34 people are currently in hospital with injuries
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