India, June 21 -- Five devotees were killed and 18 others injured after a portion of an under-construction Hanuman temple collapsed in Yashwadi village of Parbhani district's Manwat taluka on Saturday afternoon. The village is located 190 kilometers from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

Around 25,000 devotees had gathered at the temple for darshan on Saturday, considered an auspicious day to worship Lord Hanuman. After the prayers, as the sacred offering (prasad) was being distributed to the devotees at around 3pm, a portion of the temple which was under construction collapsed, trapping several people under the debris.

The deceased have been identified as Santosh Gadade from Pangara, Akash Surdose from Gangakhed Road in Parbhani, Numesh Agraw...