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India temple collapse leaves several worshippers dead

Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of eight people after worshippers fell into a well at a Hindu temple in the city of Indore, officials say.

Rescue operations are under way as more people are feared to be trapped in the well.

At least eight devotees have been killed and around a dozen rescued after about 25 people fell into a well at a Hindu temple in India, police said.

The worshippers plunged into the stepwell - a stair-lined communal water source - after the floor covering it collapsed in the central city of Indore on Thursday.

"We have recovered eight bodies and rescued nearly a dozen," police official Manish Kapooriya said, adding that rescue efforts were still ongoing.

Television footage showed emergency workers using ropes and ladders to reach those trapped in the well in Madhya Pradesh state.

Other videos showed the caved-in floor and mangled steel bars, and policemen using ropes to seal the area.

Temples across India were brimming with devotees on the occasion of Ram Navami, the birthday of the Hindu deity Lord Ram.

At least 25 people were feared trapped after a stepwell collapsed at Shree Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple in #MadhyaPradesh's #Indore.

Police said at least seven people have been rescued so far.#BeleshwarMahadev pic.twitter.com/pWe8VX20od
— IANS (@ians_india) March 30, 2023