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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Langalbandh''' ({{lang-bn|লাঙ্গলবন্দ}}, literally, ''the place where the plough stopped''), is a village in [[Bangladesh]], and a place considered holy by Hindus. It is located in [[Bandar Upazila]] of [[Narayanganj District]], on the bank of the [[Brahmaputra River]] near the [[Dhaka]]-[[Chittagong]] highway.<br />
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The annual religious bathing ritual in Langalbandh draws thousands of Hindu devotees from Bangladesh and also neighboring [[India]] and [[Nepal]].<br />
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| image1 = Pilgrims bathing on the Brahmaputra River during the Langalbandh Festival 1906.png<br />
| image2 = Ghat on the Brahmaputra River during the Langalbandh Festival 1906.png<br />
| image3 = Washing away of sins on the Brahmaputra River during the Langalbandh Festival 1906.png<br />
| footer = Langalbandh Festival in 1906 - photographs taken by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt}}<br />
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==The 2015 stampede==<br />
During the annual mela falling on 27 March over 1.5 million devotees thronged Langalbandh for the ritual bathing.<ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news |last=Palash |first=Mojibul Haque |date=27 March 2015 |title=10 die in stampede during Hindu religious gathering in Narayanganj |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/03/27/10-die-in-stampede-during-hindu-religious-gathering-in-nganj |newspaper=bdnews24.com |accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> Ten Hindu devotees were killed and 30 others were injured in a stampede during the 'Astami snan', the Hindu holy bathing ritual.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 killed in Langalbandh Astami Snan stampede|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252643:10-killed-in-langalbandh-astami-snan-stampede&catid=129:frontpage&Itemid=121|accessdate=28 March 2015|publisher=The Independent|date=28 March 2015}}</ref> The unexpectedly large crowd and the lack of proper preparedness of the authorities are said to have contributed to the fatalities in the stampede.<ref name="bdnews24" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hossain |first=Mofazzal |year=2012 |chapter=Langalband |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Langalband |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}<br />
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[[Category:Populated places in Dhaka Division]]<br />
[[Category:Hinduism in Bangladesh]]<br />
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