57-year-old man dies during crowd surge at Bahuda Yatra in Puri: Police

HomeNext57-year-old man dies during crowd surge at Bahuda Yatra in Puri: PoliceA 57-year-old devotee from Cuttack died during a crowd surge at Puri’s Bahuda Yatra, taking the reported death toll linked to this year’s Rath Yatra to four.Published on: Jul 25, 2026, 11:36:59 ISTBy Debabrata Mohanty, BhubaneswarPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link A 57-year-old devotee from Cuttack died during a crowd surge while pulling one of the chariots during the Bahuda Yatra in Odisha’s temple town of Puri on Friday, police said.A Cuttack devotee died of suspected suffocation while pulling Goddess Subhadra’s chariot during Puri’s Bahuda Yatra, police said.

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