3 young devotees going on-foot to Ambaji crushed to death by speeding car

Godhara: Three young devotees going on-foot to the temple town of Amabaji in North Gujarat were crushed to death by a car in Shehra area of Panchmahal district in the east central part of the state.

Police said that the accident took place on Shehra-Lunawada road early morning today when a speeding car going towards Lunawada from Vadodara hit thee three devotees who along with a large number of such people going on-foot to the temple town of Ambaji, one of the 51 shaktipeeths (divine power-centres) of mother goddess where her heart is believed to have fallen according to Hindu mythology on the occasion of the Bhadarvi poonam mela.

Ashvin K Bariya (27) and Shailesh S Bariya (25), residents of Bhoot Pagla in Dahod district and Kamlesh Patel resident of Chundadi in Dahod district were admitted to hospital but all three succumbed.

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