The deaths of 91 pilgrims in a stampede outside a temple cast a long shadow over celebrations on Monday marking the end of one of the holiest festivals in the Hindu calendar.

Ten more people were fighting for their lives after the tragedy on a bridge outside the temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh which was also the scene of a deadly stampede in 2006.

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