Nine dead at Andhra Pradesh temple after wall collapses


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ANDHRA PRADESH, (India): At least nine devotees were killed and several critically injured when a newly constructed wall collapsed during Chandanotsavam festival at Simhachalam Temple in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday (April 30).

Tragedy struck the sacred hill shrine of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy at Simhachalam in the early hours when a newly constructed wall fell on the queue of devotees who paid Rs 300 for the darshan.

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