A stampede erupted at Junagadh during the Mahashivratri fair on 19 February 2012. The stampede turned deadly as it left at least six people including three women, two children and a man dead, and 30 injured.
The stampede took place in the wake of a heavy traffic jam on Pannchnaka Bridge, the only road to Bhavnath temple at the foothill of Mount Girnar.
The annual fair is held every year on the festival of Shivratri. Lakhs of devotees every year visit the Junagadh to pay their obeisance to the famous shrine of Lord Shiva on the occasion of Shivratri festival.
Junagadh is the seventh largest city of Gujarat, situated at the foot of the Girnar Hill, 355 km south west of state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.
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