{"id":296492,"date":"2025-05-03T06:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/stampede-at-goas-lairai-devi-temple-six-dead-at-least-15-injured-investigation-underway\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:03:03","slug":"stampede-at-goas-lairai-devi-temple-six-dead-at-least-15-injured-investigation-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/stampede-at-goas-lairai-devi-temple-six-dead-at-least-15-injured-investigation-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampede at Goa\u2019s Lairai Devi temple: Six dead, at least 15 injured; investigation underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120842872,width-1070,height-580,overlay-economictimes\/videoshow.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stampede at Goa\u2019s Lairai Devi temple: Six dead, at least 15 injured; investigation underway\" title=\"Stampede at Goa\u2019s Lairai Devi temple: Six dead, at least 15 injured; investigation underway\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A stampede at the revered Shri Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao, Goa, has claimed at least six lives and injured over 15 during the annual Zatra festival. Thousands had gathered for the dhondachi zatra ritual, which involves walking barefoot on burning embers. Authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the incident. Emergency services responded swiftly, and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited hospitals to assess the situation. The event has left the state reeling and the administration under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"read_more\"> Show more<\/span><span class=\"read_less hidden\"> Show less<\/span><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/stampede-at-goas-lairai-devi-temple-six-dead-at-least-15-injured-investigation-underway\/videoshow\/120842872.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stampede at the revered Shri Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao, Goa, has claimed at least six lives and injured over 15 during the annual Zatra festival. Thousands had gathered for the dhondachi zatra ritual, which involves walking barefoot on burning embers. Authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the incident. Emergency services responded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120842872,width-1070,height-580,overlay-economictimes\/videoshow.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[169,18501,230390,230394,230393,161957,230386,71478,19,4824,230395,230387,230392,230389,230391,230388,14318,3183,32223],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296494,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296492\/revisions\/296494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}