Local media report that some of the rivers and ponds in the eastern state of Bihar had been swollen by floods after heavy rains
At least 46 people have drowned, most of them children, while bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent floods during the observance of a Hindu religious festival celebrated by millions in north India , authorities said on Thursday.
India has seen deadly stampedes during religious events in the past but widespread drowning incidents during festivals are rare.
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