Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of ...

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 every five ...

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KATHMANDU, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of devout Hindus thronged a temple in southern Nepal where thousands of animals and birds were sacrificed this week, amid an outcry from animal rights ...

A religious festival in Nepal where thousands of animals are sacrificed to a Hindu goddess began on Tuesday despite calls to end the bloodshed. The two-day Gadhimai festival kicked off at a Hindu ...

KATHMANDU, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice on Friday, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to ...

Hundreds of cows, monkeys, and pigeons could have been left to starve at one of Nepal's most revered Hindu temples, but volunteers signed up to keep the animals fed as usual visitors are ordered to ...

A Hindu devotee holds leg of the buffalo as a butcher gets ready to sacrifice a buffalo during Gadhimai festival in Bariyarpur in Bara district south of Kathmandu, Nepal. AP A religious festival in ...