Overview
- Authorities confirmed nine deaths and multiple injuries after a crush at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Kasibugga during Ekadashi.
- Police barred entry to the privately run temple, registered cases, and cited the lack of permissions or prior intimation to arrange crowd control.
- Officials said a railing near a narrow staircase gave way as thousands surged through a single entry–exit route to the first-floor sanctum.
- The site is not registered with the Endowments Department and parts of the gathering area were still under construction, according to state statements.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for next of kin and Rs 50,000 for the injured, while Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu ordered a full inquiry and vowed action.