PANJIM, May 4 -- Team Herald

Indicating that the sloping ground near the Shirgao temple, the site of the tragic stampede that claimed six lives and left several others injured, had been identified as accident-prone, a senior government official on Sunday informed that a similar, but minor incident, was reported at the same location during last year's festival.

Meanwhile, rituals were held at the Shree Lairai Devi temple as hundreds of devotees arrived on foot despite the temple committee appealing to them to stay away

The official said, "The stampede broke out on a sloping ground which is prone to such accidents. We have learnt that a similar incident, on a minor scale, had happened at the same spot during last year's festival."

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