The burning Use_firearm of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002 , which caused Causation the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from Ayodhya , is cited as having instigated Causation the violence Violence .

On 25 February , 1,700 people , a mix Cause_to_amalgamate of pilgrims and `` karsevaks '' boarded Self_motion the Sabarmati Express which was bound for Ahmedabad .