Naina Devi: The devotees were back yesterday at the Naina Devi temple, undeterred by the deaths of 145 people in a stampede a day earlier. Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to follow the pattern of the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir under which worshippers are allowed to proceed in batches only after registering themselves.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said his government would examine the possibility of introducing the Vaishno Devi model in the major shrines in the state.

The 13-km narrow stretch from Anandpur Sahib in Punjab to Naina Devi was congested with traffic. Hundred of devotees were travelling in tractor-trailers, buses and trucks.