{"id":1108,"date":"2016-02-08T12:51:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=1105&amp;preview_id=1105"},"modified":"2016-02-08T12:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:51:25","slug":"four-devotes-drown-after-stampede-at-tiruvannamalai-temple-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Four devotes drown after stampede at Tiruvannamalai temple &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four devotees died and several others suffered injuries after a stampede at the famous Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu on Monday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<section class=\"title_section clearfix\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"highlight clearfix\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai\" src=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/thumb\/msid-50899227,width-400,resizemode-4\/50899227.jpg\" alt=\"Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai\" \/><\/section>\n<section class=\"highlight clearfix\"><span class=\"img_cptn\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai<\/span><\/section>\n<section class=\"highlight clearfix\">TIRUVANNAMALAI: Four devotees died and several others suffered injuries after a stampede at the famous Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu on Monday morning.Police said thousands of devotees from various parts of the state visited the temple to take a holy dip in the temple tank (Ayyan Kulam) on the occasion of the Mahodaya Thai (Tamil month) ammavasai (new moon day), which occurs once in 30 years.<\/section>\n<div class=\"article_content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"section1\">\n<div class=\"Normal\">\n<p>Around 7,000 devotees gathered around the tank, situated outside the temple premises, to witness dipping of the presiding deity in the water (theerthavari).There are four gates around the tank, and when the western gate was opened around 6.45am, the devotees rushed to tank, leading to the stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Four devotees lost balance and were drowned. Several others were injured. The injured include a few priests.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased were identified as Punniyakodi, Siva, Venkatesan and Manikandan. Siva is an IT professional from Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and rescue services personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Four-devotes-drown-after-stampede-at-Tiruvannamalai-temple\/articleshow\/50899046.cms\">Four devotes drown after stampede at Tiruvannamalai temple &#8211; Times of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Four-devotes-drown-after-stampede-at-Tiruvannamalai-temple\/articleshow\/50899046.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four devotes drown after stampede at Tiruvannamalai temple \u2013 Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four devotees died and several others suffered injuries after a stampede at the famous Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu on Monday. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai TIRUVANNAMALAI: Four devotees died and several others suffered injuries after a stampede at the famous Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu on Monday morning.Police said thousands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}