Video Just Before Stampede Shows Extent Of Congestion At UP Gathering

Pitched blue tents and a sea of people swarmed the area, showed the drone video.

Hundreds of devotees are sitting in a huge ground, some of them fanning themselves with handheld fans, with motorcycles too parked nearby, shows a drone video from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, capturing the packed crowd before the stampede that killed 121.

The devotees had turned up for a satsang or prayer meet and to see Bhole Baba, former police constable-turned-preacher, on Tuesday in Hathras, some 200 km from national capital Delhi.   

A police report says more than 250,000 people attended the prayer meet despite permission being given for only 80,000.