GoPetition - Active petitions (India) http://www.gopetition.com/active-petitions/india Hot petitions on GoPetition en-us Sat, 30 May 2026 12:29 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ban the Gadhimai festival Slaughter https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/ban-the-gadhimai-festival-slaughter.html?utm_medium=rss Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once 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. The event involves the world's largest sacrificial slaughter of animals (approx. 500,000) – including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.

A month before the ritual in 2009, the Nepalese government realised there would be a "severe shortage" of goats for the ritual sacrifice, as well as for the consumption of goat meat during the festival. They began a radio campaign urging farmers to sell their animals.

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadhimai_festival

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