Ban the Gadhimai Animal Sacrifice Festival


The Gadhimai Festival is about to take place on 2nd December in 2024. We need to open the eyes of the Nepal Government to put a stop to the mass murder of animals!


The Global Campaign to Stop Animal Sacrifice needs your support to spread a message of kindness to ensure that the estimated 5 million devotees attending the festival will hear the message not to bring animals but to bring flowers and fruits to offer to the goddess Gadhimai instead of Sacrificing innocent animals.



The origins of the Gadhimai Animal Sacrifice Festival date back around 270 years, when the founder of the Gadhimai Temple, Bhagwan Chowdhary (A Local Goon), had a dream that the Goddess Gadhimai wanted blood in return for freeing him from prison, protecting him from evil and promising prosperity and power. The goddess asked for a human sacrifice, but he successfully offered an animal instead, and this has been repeated every five years since.


Every five years, the world’s largest animal sacrifice takes place at the Gadhimai Temple in the Bara District of Nepal, about 200 KM south of the capital city, Kathmandu. Following a big “Mela - A Grand Hindu Fest" the festival culminates in the ritual slaughter of more than tens of thousands of animals. It is the largest animal sacrifice event in the world and has previously involved the sacrifice of nearly half a million animals, of which more than 60-70% are illegally transported from India. 


In September 2019, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled in favour of ending live animal sacrifice at the festival, directing the relevant agencies to create an action plan. But the idea of animal sacrifice is so ingrained in the minds of the millions of traditional devotees they have been ignoring the law of the land, turning Nepal into one of the most cruel countries for animals.


☘️ Vegan Sudesh

The Global Campaign to Stop Animal Sacrifice


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