Dozens 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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According to authorities, dozens of children have drowned during ritual acts in rivers, lakes and ponds in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.
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,...
Nearly 40 Children drowned in India during a Hindu Festival
At least 46 people, including 37 children and seven women, drowned in rivers and lakes during a Hindu religious festival in eastern India. In the last 24 hours, deaths were confirmed in 15 districts. A disaster management official said they died while taking a ritual bath in rivers and lakes swollen by recent floods, the […] The post Nearly 40 Children drowned in India during a Hindu Festival appeared first on Sarajevo Times.
At least 37 children and nine other adults have died in the past two days, during the celebration of a Hindu festival held to ask for a long life for children in various locations in northeastern India, official sources and local media reported. “A total of 46 people drowned while taking sacred baths during the Jitiya festival, also known as Jivitputrika, across the state,” the Bihar State Department of Disaster Management said in a statement Th…
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
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