Two women die of suffocation during darshan in Uttar Pradesh's Banke Bihari temple

The Banke Bihari Temple is a Hindu temple in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district. The temple is devoted to Banke Bihari, Who is believed to be the combined form of Radha and Krishna.

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh): Two women devotees died of suffocation due to overcrowding at a Mathura temple on Sunday. The incident took place at 4.30 pm at Banke Bihari temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, official sources said. A woman has been identified as Anjali Gupta (62). According to sources, at 4.30 pm on Sunday, the health of two female devotees standing in the queue suddenly deteriorated. The two women were rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared them dead. Sources said that devotees have to reach the temple to have darshan in a queue of about 4 kilometres long.

Lakhs of devotees arrived at the Banke Bihari temple on Saturday and Sunday on the eve of the new year. The district administration has also made additional entry and exit gates in the areas around the temple, however, due to large crowds, serpentine queues have been formed.

The Banke Bihari Temple is a Hindu temple in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district. The temple is devoted to Banke Bihari, Who is believed to be the combined form of Radha and Krishna. Banke Bihari was first worshipped in Nidhivan in Vrindavan. Later, when the Banke Bihari temple was built in 1864, the idol of Banke Bihari was relocated to its current location.