Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- At least 12 devotees, most of them women and children, have died in a stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, India, during the observance of Ekadashi.

According to NDTV, the stampede occurred early Friday when a massive crowd gathered at the Kasibugga temple premises for prayers.

Horrific videos showed hundreds of women holding Puja baskets jostling on a staircase as panic spread, the report added. Several bodies were later seen strewn across the temple compound, while many others sustained injuries.

The police later rushed to the site and brought the situation under control.

The report said the temple is not managed by the state's endowments department, which oversees ...