Bilaspur, Aug 4: Devotees resumed trekking to Naina Devi temple on Sunday midnight even as the death toll in the worst-ever temple tragedy touches 146 and 129 bodies have been identified so far.

Thirty children and 38 women were among those killed in the stampede that was apparently sparked off by rumours of a landslide at the hill shrine in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh.

Officials said most of the people died of suffocation as tens of thousands of pilgrims had converged at the shrine, located about 165 kms from Shimla, to celebrate the nine-day Shravan Navratra festival.