Tihar is the festival that is the second largest in Nepal. Throughout the five days of Tihar, various animals are revered, ...

Animals are also sacrificed to celebrate the birth of sons. In 2016 Nepal’s supreme court ordered a gradual phasing out of the practice of animal sacrifice that once saw as many as half a ...

Kathmandu (Nepal), Oct 31 (ANI): Nepal Police on Thursday celebrated its service dogs with a feast and special treats, coinciding with the second day of the Tihar festival, which recognizes Kukur ...

In Nepal, a centuries-old ritual of mass animal sacrifice is expected to draw tens of thousands of devotees this week as the Gadhimai festival takes place, despite decades of fierce opposition and ...

A temple in southern Nepal went ahead with the world’s largest mass sacrificial slaughter of animals this week, despite an outcry from animal rights activists and a Supreme Court ruling seeking to end ...