Overview

• Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Health Minister Ma Subramanian confirmed 36 deaths, including eight children and 16 women, with dozens hospitalised.
• The state announced ₹10 lakh for families of the deceased and ₹1 lakh for the injured and appointed retired Justice Aruna Jagadeesan to lead the probe.
• Permissions reportedly covered about 30,000 attendees, while local estimates put the crowd far higher, raising questions over planning and policing.
• Reports describe long delays and extreme overcrowding, with accounts citing a missing child and, in some coverage, a power outage as possible triggers for the surge.
• Ambulances struggled to reach the packed venue as doctors were mobilised from Tiruchirappalli and Salem, and the Union Home Ministry sought a report from the state.