At least 45 people are now feared dead in a stampede at a Hindu religious festival in western India.
The tragedy happened as thousands of pilgrims pushed and shoved along a narrow lane to a bathing pond on the banks of the Godavari river at Nasik in Western India to cleanse their sins.
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Hindu holymen attend the third 'Shahi Snan' (grand bath) at theKumbh Mela
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"I saw many people being crushed in front of my eyes," sobbed Suman Mahashinde, as she waited outside a hospital for injured relatives.
"My 60-year-old mother-in-law was pushed and people stamped on her. She died on the spot. It was very difficult for us to get out of the crowd carrying her."
One witness said several bodies were trapped in a huge pipe routing muddy water from the fast-flowing Godavari through the Ramkund bathing pond. More than 100 people were injured.
"Among the dead most of them are women. Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police officer J.D. Tambe said, adding 26 of the dead were women.