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  2. Gadhimai festival - Wikipedia

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    The festival has been described as the world's largest animal sacrifice event [4] [5] [6] or one of the largest. [7] The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered an end to live animal sacrifices in 2019, but the order was "widely ignored". [8] It is estimated that 250,000 [9]-500,000 [8] animals were sacrificed during the Gadhimai festival of 2009. In ...

  3. Animal sacrifice in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    For example, one of the largest animal sacrifice in Nepal occurs over the three-day-long Gadhimai festival. In 2009 it was speculated that more than 250,000 animals were killed [28] while 5 million devotees attended the festival. [29] The Gadhimai festival was banned by the Nepal government in 2015. [30]

  4. What to Know About Gadhimai Festival—and Its Controversial ...

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    Activists and government officials have raised concerns about the ritualistic slaughter of thousands of animals at the temple in Nepal.

  5. A mass animal sacrifice festival is underway in Nepal ... - AOL

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    Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held ...

  6. Gadhimai Temple - Wikipedia

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    Gadhimai Temple (Nepali: गढीमाई मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple of Gadhimai Devi, an aspect of Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The temple is situated in Mahagadhimai Municipality in Bara District of south central Nepal, [1] though the term usually refers to Gadhimai festival, conducted at the Gadhimai temple area in central Terai of Nepal.

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  8. Bariyarpur, Bara - Wikipedia

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    Bariyarpur was a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District but now it is converted into municipality in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal.At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 10000 persons residing in 1250 individual households.

  9. Fans who said they attended the Ace Family's festival are ...

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    The controversial YouTubers hosted a day-long festival that cost $100 to attend. The couple labeled it a success despite attendees sharing disappointing photos and videos on social media.