Langalbandh

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Langalbandh (Bengali: লাঙ্গলবন্দ, literally, the place where the plough stopped), is a village in Bangladesh, and a place considered holy by Hindus. It is located in Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj District, on the bank of the Brahmaputra River near the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

The annual religious bathing ritual in Langalbandh draws thousands of Hindu devotees from Bangladesh and also neighboring India and Nepal.

Langalbandh Festival in 1906 - photographs taken by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt

The 2015 stampede[edit]

During the annual mela falling on 27 March over 1.5 million devotees thronged Langalbandh for the ritual bathing.^[1] Ten Hindu devotees were killed and 30 others were injured in a stampede during the 'Astami snan', the Hindu holy bathing ritual.^[2] The unexpectedly large crowd and the lack of proper preparedness of the authorities are said to have contributed to the fatalities in the stampede.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Palash, Mojibul Haque (27 March 2015). "10 die in stampede during Hindu religious gathering in Narayanganj". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
↑ "10 killed in Langalbandh Astami Snan stampede". The Independent. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

External links[edit]

Hossain, Mofazzal (2012). "Langalband". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

Coordinates: 23°38′48″N 90°33′47″E / 23.6468°N 90.5631°E / 23.6468; 90.5631

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[bdnews24-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Palash, Mojibul Haque (27 March 2015). "10 die in stampede during Hindu religious gathering in Narayanganj". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[2] "10 killed in Langalbandh Astami Snan stampede". The Independent. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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