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

Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they ...

Thousands of rats, pigeons, chickens and buffaloes are sacrificed at Nepal’s Gadhimai Festival, earning it the title of being ...

Mumbai: As the Gadhimai Festival comes to an end, animal activists save over 700 animals from being slaughtered at the ...

Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the ...

Activists estimate as many as 500,000 animals will be sacrificed at Nepal’s Gadhimai Temple this week to honour the Hindu ...

Ahead of the Gadhimai festival, animal protection organizations Humane Society International/India and People For Animals are urging devotees not to bring animals for sacrifice.

The Gadhimai festival, a Hindu religious festival celebrated once every five years in southeastern Nepal close to the Indian ...

At least 4,200 buffaloes and thousands of goats and pigeons were killed during a mass sacrifice held as part of the Gadhimai festival, in Bariyarpur village near the Nepal- India border ...

Hindu devotees hold knives as religious mantras are being sung ahead of the start of sacrificial offerings to Hindu goddess Gadhimai during the Gadhimai Festival in Bariyarpur, Nepal, south of the ...