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Gadhimai festival- Height of Superstition!!
(Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyarpur, in Bara District, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal, near the Indo-Nepal border by mostly bordering Indians and Madheshi people. The event involves the world's largest sacrificial slaughter of animals (approx. 300,000 - 500,000 as of last event) including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken, rats, and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.
Attending the festival in Nepal circumvents the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states. Participants believe that animal sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity)
The festival is 'kicked off' with the ritual slaughter of five thousand buffalo in a field near the temple, after which two days of ritual animal slaughter takes place.
Animal rights activists such as PETA are campaigning to halt the mass animal-slaughter, but despite their efforts, the organisers of the festival has promised that this year will be the biggest yet.
About 2.5 million devotees have turned out for the festival, according to local government official Yogendra Prasad Dulal, who said it was 'impossible to estimate' the total number of animals sacrificed so far.
More than 250,000 animals are being lined up for slaughter as Nepal embarks on a two-day religious festival where buffalo, birds and goats are sacrificed to appease a Hindu goddess.
Millions of Hindus flock to the ceremony, which is held every five years at the temple of Gadhimai, the goddess of power, in Bariyarpur, Nepal, near the Indian border.
The last time the festival was held, in 2009, more than 250,000 animals were killed, according to animal rights organisation PETA, who is campaigning to put a stop to the practice.
Disturbing Pictures, use your discretion
Please read more from here
Nepal's Hindu devotees sacrifice thousands of animals in Gadhimai Mela ceremony | Daily Mail Online
5 lakh animals slaughtered in 48 hours in Nepal's Gadhimai festival --Videos World:IBNLive Videos
Gadhimai festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animal rights protesters in Nepal seek to stop Gadhimai festival sacrifice | World news | The Guardian
(Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyarpur, in Bara District, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal, near the Indo-Nepal border by mostly bordering Indians and Madheshi people. The event involves the world's largest sacrificial slaughter of animals (approx. 300,000 - 500,000 as of last event) including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken, rats, and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.
Attending the festival in Nepal circumvents the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states. Participants believe that animal sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity)
The festival is 'kicked off' with the ritual slaughter of five thousand buffalo in a field near the temple, after which two days of ritual animal slaughter takes place.
Animal rights activists such as PETA are campaigning to halt the mass animal-slaughter, but despite their efforts, the organisers of the festival has promised that this year will be the biggest yet.
About 2.5 million devotees have turned out for the festival, according to local government official Yogendra Prasad Dulal, who said it was 'impossible to estimate' the total number of animals sacrificed so far.
More than 250,000 animals are being lined up for slaughter as Nepal embarks on a two-day religious festival where buffalo, birds and goats are sacrificed to appease a Hindu goddess.
Millions of Hindus flock to the ceremony, which is held every five years at the temple of Gadhimai, the goddess of power, in Bariyarpur, Nepal, near the Indian border.
The last time the festival was held, in 2009, more than 250,000 animals were killed, according to animal rights organisation PETA, who is campaigning to put a stop to the practice.
Disturbing Pictures, use your discretion
Please read more from here
Nepal's Hindu devotees sacrifice thousands of animals in Gadhimai Mela ceremony | Daily Mail Online
5 lakh animals slaughtered in 48 hours in Nepal's Gadhimai festival --Videos World:IBNLive Videos
Gadhimai festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animal rights protesters in Nepal seek to stop Gadhimai festival sacrifice | World news | The Guardian
