Varanasi, India - At least five people have been killed after twin explosions in the northern Indian pilgrimage town of Varanasi.
Senior Superintendent of Police Paresh Pandey told the BBC Hindi service that at least 30 others had been injured.
The first blast took place at a Hindu temple. A second took place at the railway station. Police said they were trying to defuse a third bomb.
Varanasi, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is a major pilgrimage centre in India.
It attracts large numbers of Indians as well as foreign tourists.
Pandemonium
The first explosion took place in a major temple in the city, the Sankot Mochan temple dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman.
An eyewitness, Siddharth Suri, told the BBC that thousands of people were at the temple at the time of the blast.
Tuesday is a special day at the Sankat Mochan temple and the explosion took place just minutes before the main worship.
"There was a loud explosion followed by dust. There was pandemonium in the front of the temple," Mr Suri said.
A spokesman at the Heritage hospital close to the site of the temple says five of some 10 people brought to the hospital are in a "critical condition".
He said they were suffering from splinter and burn injuries.
The BBC's Ram Dutt Tripathi, who is Varanasi, says shops in the city shut down after the explosions and police are trying to secure the site.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condemned the blasts and appealed for calm, a spokesman from his office said.