INDORE: An eerie silence pervades Patel Nagar in Indore where 36 devotees fell to their death after the roof of a bawdi’ (stepwell) collapsed at a temple during a Ram Navami programme on Thursday. The tragedy, which snuffed out the lives of 21 women and two children, is the worst in the city’s history, according to those living in the temple’s vicinity. Bodies kept coming out of the bawdi for 24 hours, they said. Residents of Patel Nagar are yet to erase the memory of the moment when the slab constructed on top of the bawdi at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple collapsed in such a manner that most people could not get a chance to save themselves. Local resident Anil Bhatevra (65) told PTI on Friday, “The accident took place around 12 noon on Thursday. Some women rushed to me in shock and told me that many people had fallen into the bawdi.” “I live close to the temple, but there was so much silt in it that we did not hear any sound of people falling into it. We immediately reached the temple and pulled out 17-18 persons from the bawdi,” he said. The bawdi was completely open...