The number of Hindu worshippers killed in a stampede at a shrine in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday has risen to 145 with 48 injured, DPA quoted officials as saying. The stampede occurred at the Naina Devi temple dedicated to the goddess Durga, located atop a hill in Bilaspur district, some 320 kilometres north of the national capital New Delhi. "Our teams confirm that 145 people are dead in the stampede," senior police official RN Dhoke said by telephone. "The bodies of the victims were brought to the Civil Hospital in Anandpur Sahib in neighbouring Punjab state".