Kumbh Mela deaths:

• 1820 = 430 deaths, 1000+ injured
• 1840 = 50+ deaths, 100+ injured
• 1906 = 50+ deaths, 100+ injured
• 1954 = 800-1000 deaths
• 1986 = 200+ deaths
• 2003 = 39+ deaths, 100+ injured
• 2010 = 7 deaths, 17 injured
• 2013 = 42 deaths, 45 injured
• 2025 = 39+ deaths, 200+ injured

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maha-kumbh-mela-stampede-up-prayagraj-stampede-injury-2671695-2025-01-29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_stampedes_in_Hindu_temples

That’s just Kumbh Mela. Last year at Hathras

• = 121 deaths, 28+ injured https://www.dw.com/en/india-over-100-killed-in-stampede-at-religious-gathering/a-69538722

More likely to be local phenomena than stars, because non-polar stars won’t stay in view of a stationary telescope due to diurnal motion.