Patna/IBNS, March 31 -- At least eight devotees were killed and several others injured in a crowd crush at the Mata Sheetla Temple in Bihar's Nalanda district on Tuesday, media reports said.

A massive crowd had gathered at the shrine on the last Tuesday of the month of Chaitra, a day considered auspicious by devotees.

Disturbing visuals from the spot showed women lying unconscious on the ground as children cried for help amid the panic, with people struggling to find an escape route.

The injured were taken to a government hospital in Bihar Sharif, located around five kilometres from the temple.

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