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Langalbandh ( bn, লাঙ্গলবন্দ, literally, ''the place where the plough stopped''), is a village in
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, and a place considered holy by Hindus. It is located in
Bandar Upazila Bandar ( bn, বন্দর, Bondor, Port) is an upazila (sub-district) of the Narayanganj District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Bandar is a part of Greater Dhaka; the conurbation surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of ...
of
Narayanganj District Narayanganj District ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ, Narayoṇgonj) is a district in central Bangladesh which is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is home to the ancient city of Sonargaon and is one of the oldest industrial districts in the ...
, on the bank of the
Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. ...
near the
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
- Chittagong highway. The annual religious bathing ritual in Langalbandh draws thousands of Hindu devotees from Bangladesh and also neighboring
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and
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.


The 2015 stampede

During the annual mela falling on 27 March over 1.5 million devotees thronged Langalbandh for the ritual bathing. Ten Hindu devotees were killed and 30 others were injured in a stampede during the 'Astami snan', the Hindu holy bathing ritual. The unexpectedly large crowd and the lack of proper preparedness of the authorities are said to have contributed to the fatalities in the stampede.


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* Populated places in Dhaka Division Hinduism in Bangladesh {{Hinduism-stub