US EditionDozens of children drown during Hindu festival in India
- Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers during a three-day Hindu festival in Bihar, India, amid heavy monsoon rains.
- Authorities reported at least 46 people, including 37 children, drowned in incidents across 15 districts.
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Dozens of Children Drown While Bathing During 3-Day Hindu Festival in Eastern India
PATNA, India—Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India’s Bihar state, officials said. Heavy monsoon rains recently had raised the levels of waterways across the state. At least 46 people, including 37 children, drowned in separate incidents across the state’s 15 districts, a statement from Bihar’s disaster management department said. Authorities have reco…
Dozens of Children Drown Bathing in Rivers During Festival in India
Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India's Bihar state, officials said. Heavy monsoon rains recently had raised the levels of waterways across the state, the AP reports. At least 46 people, including 37 children,...
In this three-day celebration, mothers fast and take baths with their children in rivers or ponds for well-being, long life and prosperity, but those flooded by the rains become very dangerous Read
It occurred during the celebration of a Hindu festival celebrated to ask for a long life for children in several locations in the northeast of the country.
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