Bariyarpur, Bara

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Bariyarpur
बरियारपुर
Nickname: 
Gadhimai nagari
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Bariyarpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°59′N85°03′E / 26.983°N 85.050°E / 26.983; 85.050
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Bara District
Population
 (2011 [1] )
  Total
7,033
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code
44405
Area code 053

Bariyarpur was a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District but now it is converted into municipality in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 10000 persons residing in 1250 individual households. [2]

Every five years, the Gadhimai festival is held in the temple of Bariyapur. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals including rats, buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, a Hindu goddess of power. [3]

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References

  1. General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
  2. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  3. Jolly, Joanna (24 November 2009). "Devotees flock to Nepal animal sacrifice festival". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.