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Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyapur, in Bara District, about miles ( km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals – including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.

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  • Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyapur, in Bara District, about miles ( km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals – including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.
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  • To please goddess Gadhimai
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  • --11-24
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  • Animal sacrifice at Bariyapur, Nepal
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  • Hindu
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  • Gadhimai festival
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  • Hindus
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  • Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyapur, in Bara District, about miles ( km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals – including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.
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