On March 31, over 10,000 devotees, mostly women, thronged the Sheetla Mata temple in Nalanda, Bihar. The temple, which normally holds 500-1,000 people, was overwhelmed, triggering a stampede that claimed nine lives. Victims’ families allege that priests let devotees enter through the exit gate after collecting money. Amit Bhelari reports on how poor crowd management and inadequate arrangements worsened the tragedy