A rush of devotees at the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu caused a stampede in which 12 people were killed and 20 others injured.
Please click on the images for glimpses of what happened therafter.
All photographs: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Relatives carry the body of a victim at a makeshift mortuary in Katra.
IMAGE: Bodies of the stampede victims at the mortuary in Katra.
IMAGE: Devotees wait to purchase tickets to visit the Mata Vaishno Devi temple after the shrine reopened on Saturday morning.
IMAGE: Devotees return without darshan at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.
IMAGE: Police personnel at the community health centre in Katra where the bodies of the stampede victims were kept.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/
Feature Presentation: Mahipal Soni/