Tirupati, Oct 02: Twenty pilgrims were injured in a stampede during the Garuda Seva procession on the fifth day of the annual Brahmotsavam festival at around mid-night last night in the hill shrine of Lord Venakateswara at Tirumala near here, police said The injured were administered first aid at the Tirumala Tirupati Dewasthanam hospital and later shifted to a government hospital at Tirupati, police said.
The nature of injury of pilgrims was not serious, hospital sources told.
Twenty-two pilgrims had sustained injuries during the Brahmotsavam festival last year. Bureau Report