i feel sorry for all those ppl who lost their lives, may their souls rest in a peace but i was looking at the list of those who died and majority of them hav a kaur and singh in their names......which means they were sikh......what were they doing at the naina devi when our guru's strictly prohibited us to worship idols or any devis.....no wonder sikh panth is going thru all these troubles today guru gobind singh ji said clearly
" jab lag khalsa rehe niyara tab lag tez diyo mein sara
jab ehe gey vipran ki reet mein na kaaru in ki parteet "
today most of us r going on the vipran ki reet.....
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The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
99 temple victims were from Punjab
Megha Mann
Tribune News Service
Grief-stricken parents and relations of Kiran, a victim of the Naina Devi stampede, at their residence at Lelewala village, near Talwandi Sabo, on Monday morning before the cremation. — A Tribune photograph
Anandpur Sahib, August 4
Ninetynine of the 146 victims killed in the stampede at Naina Devi on Sunday were from Punjab. These include 54 men and 45 women. The maximum number of deceased, 73, was from different parts of Patiala.
Twentyone of the deceased were reportedly from Haryana, this includes 13 men and eight women. Of the nine killed from Himachal Pradesh, there were three men and six women. Five people from Bihar died in the accident, of these there were two men and three women.
A total number of 35 women and 32 children died in the incident. In Haryana, 17 members of a family were killed. Most of the injured were discharged from hospital late evening today.
Among the injured, five were from Ludhiana, three from Moga, one each from Gooda, Pajkalain in Haryana, Jagraon, Khanna, Bilaspur and Una, five from Ambala, two from Bathinda, eight from Barnala, seven from Sangrur, seven from Mansa and two from Patiala.
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List of dead
Bilaspur, August 4
At least a total 140 persons, who became unfortunate victims of a stampede at shrine of Shri Nainadevi temple, have been identified. The list of the dead was released by the district administration here this evening.
The list includes nine persons from Himachal Pradesh out of whom eight belong to one family of Santosh Garh in Una district and one person T{censored}m of Chadiar village.
Those of Santosh Garh are Balbir Chabba, T{censored}m Chand, Bimla devi, Vishakgha Devi, Chanchal Chabba, Kiran Bala, Lalita and Shipali, Santosh Garh.
Sixtynine persons, including 29 females, have been identified from Punjab. These are — Bant Singh, Patiala; Balbir Singh, Patiala; Babu Singh, Sangrur; Angrej Singh, Mansa; Tarun Kumar, Patiala; Labhreet Singh, Barnala; Gurcharan Singh, Bhatinda; Dev Dass, Barnala; Harbans Singh, Sangrur; Pravin Sharma, Sangrur; Yadvinder Singh, Patl Singh, Patiala; Rohit, Patiala; Manpreet, Mansa; Lakhvinder Singh, Samana.
The women are — Sushma, Rajpura; Seema Devi, Rajura; Kanchan, Samana; Krishna, Rajpura; Ruchi, Manjeet kaur, Patiala.
Kamaljeet kaur, Babudevi, Barnala; Garima Verma, Bandlade; Pooja Devi, Muitu Ram Milan Kaur, Mansa. Rekharani, Budlada; Surjeet Kaur, Sangrur; and Mohindra, Bhatinda.
Kinni, Shimlauri, Renu, Ludhiana and Sunita, Samana; Jaswant Kaur, Patiala. Mandeep Kaur, Kulwinder Kaur, Darshana; Harbans Kaur, Poonam, Nabha; Manjeet Kaur, Patiala.
Neelam Rani, Mansa; Gurmeet, Fatehpur; Pooja, Moga; Kiran Jeet Kaur, Moga; Ranjeet Kaur Mansa.
Other men victims of this tragedy are — Ashutosh, Neeraj kumar, Patiala; Krishan, Manjeet, Patiala; Bitu Ram, Patta; Gian Ram, Samana; Jai Pal, Samana; Kulwant, Patiala; Gurmeet Singh, Ludhiana; Amandeep, Muktsar; Vikram, Charanjeet Singh, Batoli; Kajd Ram, Batoli; Jagdish Singh, Patiala; Raj kumar, Sangrur.
Sukhdev, Barnala, Ashok Kumar, Nabha; Sagar Batra, Nabha; Amandeep Singh, Bhatinda; Hunny, Samana; Gurcharan Singh, Bhatinda; Balmukund, Muktsar; Jaswinder Singh, Moga; Harbans Singh, Sangrur; Devu Ram, Barnala; and Vikar Singh, Budhlada.
Men from Haryana are — Vinit kumar, Sirsa; Ankit, Ambala; Ajay Kumar, Jind; Deepak, Fatehabad; Nishi, Fatehabad; Vicky Saini, Tohana; Soni, Fatehabad; and Lovely, Jaghsoi, Haryana.
Women are — Gurmeet, Malkeet Kaur, Jamalpur; Pooja, Tohana; Mohinder, Fatehabad. Komal, Panipat; Mohinder Devi, Panipat; Sapna, Fatehabad and Suman from Sunam.
Other persons identified are-Manpreet, Ambala; Satpal, Patiala; Garja Ram, Ludhiana; Pyara Singh, Patiala; Balwant Singh, Patiala; Balbir Singh, Patiala; Pritpal Singh, Patiala; Jasmin and Ajeet, Fatehabad; Sonu, Mansa and Ashu of Dolu Mansa.
Surinder Pal Kaur, Sangrur; Shakuntla Devi, Sunam; Simri, Payal Arora, Kiran, all from Badrokha in Sangrur district. Muni Kaur, Bhatinda; Bhura kaur, Talwandi; Nasib Kaur, Rampura; Shanti Devi, Patiala; Golu, Tiwana; Paramjeet Kaur, Barnala; Sonu, Fatehabad and Raj kumari from Mansa.
" jab lag khalsa rehe niyara tab lag tez diyo mein sara
jab ehe gey vipran ki reet mein na kaaru in ki parteet "
today most of us r going on the vipran ki reet.....
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The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
99 temple victims were from Punjab
Megha Mann
Tribune News Service
Grief-stricken parents and relations of Kiran, a victim of the Naina Devi stampede, at their residence at Lelewala village, near Talwandi Sabo, on Monday morning before the cremation. — A Tribune photograph
Anandpur Sahib, August 4
Ninetynine of the 146 victims killed in the stampede at Naina Devi on Sunday were from Punjab. These include 54 men and 45 women. The maximum number of deceased, 73, was from different parts of Patiala.
Twentyone of the deceased were reportedly from Haryana, this includes 13 men and eight women. Of the nine killed from Himachal Pradesh, there were three men and six women. Five people from Bihar died in the accident, of these there were two men and three women.
A total number of 35 women and 32 children died in the incident. In Haryana, 17 members of a family were killed. Most of the injured were discharged from hospital late evening today.
Among the injured, five were from Ludhiana, three from Moga, one each from Gooda, Pajkalain in Haryana, Jagraon, Khanna, Bilaspur and Una, five from Ambala, two from Bathinda, eight from Barnala, seven from Sangrur, seven from Mansa and two from Patiala.
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List of dead
Bilaspur, August 4
At least a total 140 persons, who became unfortunate victims of a stampede at shrine of Shri Nainadevi temple, have been identified. The list of the dead was released by the district administration here this evening.
The list includes nine persons from Himachal Pradesh out of whom eight belong to one family of Santosh Garh in Una district and one person T{censored}m of Chadiar village.
Those of Santosh Garh are Balbir Chabba, T{censored}m Chand, Bimla devi, Vishakgha Devi, Chanchal Chabba, Kiran Bala, Lalita and Shipali, Santosh Garh.
Sixtynine persons, including 29 females, have been identified from Punjab. These are — Bant Singh, Patiala; Balbir Singh, Patiala; Babu Singh, Sangrur; Angrej Singh, Mansa; Tarun Kumar, Patiala; Labhreet Singh, Barnala; Gurcharan Singh, Bhatinda; Dev Dass, Barnala; Harbans Singh, Sangrur; Pravin Sharma, Sangrur; Yadvinder Singh, Patl Singh, Patiala; Rohit, Patiala; Manpreet, Mansa; Lakhvinder Singh, Samana.
The women are — Sushma, Rajpura; Seema Devi, Rajura; Kanchan, Samana; Krishna, Rajpura; Ruchi, Manjeet kaur, Patiala.
Kamaljeet kaur, Babudevi, Barnala; Garima Verma, Bandlade; Pooja Devi, Muitu Ram Milan Kaur, Mansa. Rekharani, Budlada; Surjeet Kaur, Sangrur; and Mohindra, Bhatinda.
Kinni, Shimlauri, Renu, Ludhiana and Sunita, Samana; Jaswant Kaur, Patiala. Mandeep Kaur, Kulwinder Kaur, Darshana; Harbans Kaur, Poonam, Nabha; Manjeet Kaur, Patiala.
Neelam Rani, Mansa; Gurmeet, Fatehpur; Pooja, Moga; Kiran Jeet Kaur, Moga; Ranjeet Kaur Mansa.
Other men victims of this tragedy are — Ashutosh, Neeraj kumar, Patiala; Krishan, Manjeet, Patiala; Bitu Ram, Patta; Gian Ram, Samana; Jai Pal, Samana; Kulwant, Patiala; Gurmeet Singh, Ludhiana; Amandeep, Muktsar; Vikram, Charanjeet Singh, Batoli; Kajd Ram, Batoli; Jagdish Singh, Patiala; Raj kumar, Sangrur.
Sukhdev, Barnala, Ashok Kumar, Nabha; Sagar Batra, Nabha; Amandeep Singh, Bhatinda; Hunny, Samana; Gurcharan Singh, Bhatinda; Balmukund, Muktsar; Jaswinder Singh, Moga; Harbans Singh, Sangrur; Devu Ram, Barnala; and Vikar Singh, Budhlada.
Men from Haryana are — Vinit kumar, Sirsa; Ankit, Ambala; Ajay Kumar, Jind; Deepak, Fatehabad; Nishi, Fatehabad; Vicky Saini, Tohana; Soni, Fatehabad; and Lovely, Jaghsoi, Haryana.
Women are — Gurmeet, Malkeet Kaur, Jamalpur; Pooja, Tohana; Mohinder, Fatehabad. Komal, Panipat; Mohinder Devi, Panipat; Sapna, Fatehabad and Suman from Sunam.
Other persons identified are-Manpreet, Ambala; Satpal, Patiala; Garja Ram, Ludhiana; Pyara Singh, Patiala; Balwant Singh, Patiala; Balbir Singh, Patiala; Pritpal Singh, Patiala; Jasmin and Ajeet, Fatehabad; Sonu, Mansa and Ashu of Dolu Mansa.
Surinder Pal Kaur, Sangrur; Shakuntla Devi, Sunam; Simri, Payal Arora, Kiran, all from Badrokha in Sangrur district. Muni Kaur, Bhatinda; Bhura kaur, Talwandi; Nasib Kaur, Rampura; Shanti Devi, Patiala; Golu, Tiwana; Paramjeet Kaur, Barnala; Sonu, Fatehabad and Raj kumari from Mansa.