3 killed, 30 hurt as 2 elephants go berserk at Kerala temple festival | India News – The Times of India

Two captive elephants ran amok at a temple in Kerala’s Kozhikode, killing three persons and injuring nearly 30 of the assembled devotees on Thursday. The tragedy unfolded on the fifth and final day of the annual festival at Manakkulangara Bhagavathi temple at Kuruvangad, run by Malabar Devaswom Board. According to Kozhikode rural police chief K…

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Fireworks accident at Kerala temple festival injures 154 | India News – Times of India

KASARAGOD: Over 150 people were injured, 16 of them critically, in an explosion triggered by firecrackers during a Theyyam performance – a religious ritual – at Anjoottambalam Veerar Kavu temple in Kerala’s Kasaragod district in the early hours of Tuesday. Seven of the injured are on ventilator support. Three temple committee officials have been arrested…

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