Festival where 500,000 animals are decapitated ‘to please goddess’ is called off

 

A horrifying festival where 500,000 innocent animals were decapitated by Hindu worshippers has been cancelled – and will never take place again.

Half a million animals were killed – many decapitated – at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal in 2009, and 250,000 in 2014.

Buffalo, goats and chickens were killed by worshippers to appease a Hindu goddess, in the world’s largest display of animal sacrifice.

The chairman of the Gadhimai Temple Trust, which organised the previous festivals said, ‘The time has come to replace killing and violence with peaceful worship and celebration.’