2010 Varanasi bombing was a blast that occurred on 7 December 2010 , in one of the holiest Hindu cities , Varanasi . The explosion occurred at Sheetla Ghat , adjacent to the main Dashashwamedh Ghat , where the sunset '' aarti '' , the evening prayer ritual to the holy river , Ganges had commenced , on these stone steps leading to it , where thousands of worshipers and tourists had gathered . It killed a two-year-old girl , sitting on her mother 's lap , the mother was one of three critically injured , more than 38 other people were injured . In the ensuing panic after the blast , a railing broke causing a stampede leading to an increase in the number of injuries . The bomb was hidden inside a milk container on the Sheetla Ghat . The blast occurred a day after the anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition , in which a mosque was demolished at Ayodhya leading to nationwide religious riots killing over 2,000 people . Subsequently , the Islamist militant group , Indian Mujahideen , claimed responsibility of the blast , via email to Indian media . This is also the second terrorism-related incident in the city which was rocked by the serial blasts of 2006 , in which 28 people were killed , it included an explosion at the Sankatmochan Temple , some two kilometres away
serial blasts of 2006
2006 Varanasi bombings
2010 Varanasi bombing