A total of seven devotees have died during the Kavad Yatra at Kubreshwar Dham in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The death of two more people has been confirmed on Thursday. One of which is said to be Gorakhpur in UP and the other resident of Delhi. On the death of these devotees, narrator Pandit Pradeep Mishra has reacted expressing grief. He said that it is sad for my sister and my brother -in -law to leave.

The deceased have been identified as Chatur Singh’s father Bhura (50), a resident of Rohtak, Haryana, Dilip Singh (57), a resident of Rohtak, Haryana, Dilip Singh (57), Rajkot from Rajkot, Jaswanti Ben wife Chandu Bhai (56), Sangeeta Gupta, a resident of Firozabad, UP, Manoj Gupta (48) and Upendra Gupta (22), a resident of Firozabad, UP. The bodies of the dead have been kept in the district hospital.

Human Rights Commission took cognizance

After the death of seven devotees, the Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the case. Answer can be summoned from the concerned authorities. Who is responsible for deaths? This has not been decided yet. The district administration and police administration are not ready to say anything in this matter, if any senior officer is talked to, then they try to avoid the matter by saying natural death there.

No need to investigate- Karan Singh Verma

In the case of the death of devotees who came to Kubreshwar Dham, Minister Karan Singh Verma said that devotees have faith in Bholenath. The reasons for the death of the devotees are different. He said, “Sehore collector has posted a post, there is no need to investigate.”

Action on DJ owners

At the same time, the other police administration also took action against the DJ owners and has seized many DJs. However, the demand for investigation on administrative negligence has intensified. Significantly, in Kubreshwar Dham, special programs are organized every year in the month of Sawan. During this time Rudraksha is also distributed there. It is said that a large number of devotees reach here in the hope of taking Rudraksha.

On August 5, a huge crowd caused a stampede before the Kavad Yatra at Kubareshwar Dham in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, in which two women devotees were killed and 4 others were injured.

After this accident, once again Pandit Pradeep Mishra has come into the discussion, because the event was being held in Kubreshwar Dham. The administration is on alert, and people want to know who this Pradeep Mishra is, whose crowd of millions gather in one story.

Who is Pandit Pradeep Mishra?

Pandit Pradeep Mishra is a famous religious narrator and bhajan singer, especially known for the discourses of Shiva Mahapuran, Shri Ramkatha and Shrimad Bhagwat Katha. He is the Peethadheeshwar of Kubreshwar Dham in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh.

Pradeep Mishra was born on 16 June 1977 in Sehore and comes from an ordinary family. At one time he was a teacher in a private school. Now he is known as ‘Sehore Wale Baba’ and makes a story all over India. In his stories, smaller language, devotion and small measures useful in life make him popular.

Subscribers are in millions on YouTube channel

There are millions of subscribers on his YouTube channel ‘Pandit Pradeep Ji Mishra Sehore Wale’. His remedies such as offering perfume on Shivling on Monday, chanting Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, or consecration with sugarcane juice, are very viral on social media. According to the information, once he claimed that by placing sugarcane juice on Shivling, a millionaire can be made in 3 years, due to which the demand for sugarcane juice in many cities had suddenly increased. They narrate in the country and abroad throughout the year and there is a crowd of devotees in their events.

Stampede incidents have happened before

However, Mishra has also been in controversies from time to time regarding huge crowds and chaos. There was a stampede situation in Meerut in 2024, while in 2025, 35 people were injured when the pickup of devotees going to hear the story in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

They have been accused that ‘goons’ is used in their events instead of private bouncers. Some of his statements have also created resentment in societies. But despite all the controversies, the popularity of Pandit Pradeep Mishra is steadily increasing, and there has been no decrease in the faith of the devotees.