Actor Shubra Aiyappa and her husband Vishal Sivappa were in Tirupati on the day the stampede occured. She recollects what happened.

A stampede at Tirupati temple caused by overcrowding and administrative "lapses" claimed the lives of at least six people.

Six persons lost their lives and several others sustained injuries after a stampede broke out at the Tirupati Tirumala Temple on Jan 08. The chaos erupted when thousands rushed to the ticket counter for darshan tokens at the Tirumala Temple.

Authorities of one of India’s richest temples have apologised after at least six pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the southern temple town of Tirupati. The devotees were waiting in queues to collect tokens from over 90 counters to offer prayers to Lord Venkateshwara Swamy on Wednesday when the incident took place,

At least six people were crushed to death and more than 30 injured when large crowds gathered to get tickets for a festival in India’s Tirupati temple, one of the richest in the world. The incident occurred late on Wednesday when hundreds of devotees jostled for tickets for the 10-day Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam starting January 10 at the Venkateshwara Temple,