Bariyarpur बरियारपुर | |
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Nickname(s): Gadhimai nagari | |
Coordinates: 26°59′N85°03′E / 26.983°N 85.050°E Coordinates: 26°59′N85°03′E / 26.983°N 85.050°E | |
Country | 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(s) | 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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Gadhimai festival is a religious festival held every five years in Nepal at the Gadhimai Temple of Bariyarpur, in Bara District, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of the capital Kathmandu, and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the city of Kalaiya, near the Indo-Nepal border. It is primarily celebrated by Madhesi people. The event involves large-scale sacrificial slaughter of animals, including water buffalo, pigs, goats, chickens, and pigeons, with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power. People also offer coconuts, sweets, red-coloured clothes, etc. The festival has been described as the world's largest animal sacrifice event or one of the largest.
Gadhimai Temple is a temple of Gadhimai Devi, an aspect of Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The temple is situated in Mahagadhimai Municipality in Bara District of south central Nepal, though the term usually refers to Gadhimai festival, conducted at the Gadhimai temple area in central Terai of Nepal.