India, June 29 -- Three people were killed, and over 50 injured in a stampede at Saradhabali, near the Gundicha temple in Odisha's Puri early Sunday morning.

The incident took place early morning at around 4 am, when several devotees had gathered near the Gundicha temple, PTI quoted Puri District Collector Siddharth S Swain as saying.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are receiving treatment. The deceased have been identified as Pravati Das (52) of Balipatna, Basanti Sahu (42) of Godabhanga and Premakanta Mohanty (78) of Bhubaneswar.

Odisha law minister Prithviraj Harichandan said the state government would initiate a probe into the incident, adding that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had been informed of the s...