Langalbandh (Template:Lang-bn, 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.
The annual religious bathing ritual in Langalbandh draws thousands of Hindu devotees from Bangladesh and also neighboring India and Nepal. Template:Multiple image
The 2015 stampede
During the annual mela falling on 27 March over 1.5 million devotees thronged Langalbandh for the ritual bathing.[1] Ten Hindu devotees were killed and 30 others were injured in a stampede during the 'Astami snan', the Hindu holy bathing ritual.[2] The unexpectedly large crowd and the lack of proper preparedness of the authorities are said to have contributed to the fatalities in the stampede.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 10 die in stampede during Hindu religious gathering in Narayanganj. bdnews24.com(27 March 2015).
- ↑ 10 killed in Langalbandh Astami Snan stampede(28 March 2015).
External links
- Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh{{#if:Hossain|, Hossain}. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh(2012)