It was another black January 14 for Sabarimala pilgrims with Friday night's stampede tragedy being the third in the history of the hill shrine. The first tragedy shook the shrine on January 14, 1952, when it was gutted in a fire caused by an explosion of fireworks, leaving 66 Ayyappa pilgrims dead. The present shrine was rebuilt in place of the older one. In 1998, 52 pilgrims died following a stampede at Pampa, which also occurred on January 14 after 'Makara Jyothi' darshan.
Another black January 14 for Sabarimala pilgrims
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It was another black January 14 for Sabarimala pilgrims with Friday night's stampede tragedy being the third in the history of the hill shrine. The first tragedy shook the shrine on January 14
1952
when it was gutted in a fire caused by an explosion of fireworks
leaving 66 Ayyappa pilgrims dead. The present shrine was rebuilt in place of the older one. In 1998
52 pilgrims died following a stampede at Pampa
which also occurred on January 14 after 'Makara Jyothi' darshan.
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