Participants believe that sacrificing animals in the Gadhimai temple pleases the Goddess Gadhimai, who will then grant them wishes or good fortune. Hindu devotees observe baby male buffaloes prepared for sacrifice during the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal's Bara district. Cattles are prepared to offer to please Gadhimai at Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal. Buffaloes are rescued by HSI/India at Indo-Nepal border checkpoints ahead of this year's Gadhimai festival. Hindu devotees travel with a goat of Gadhimai Festival in Baryarpur on December 2, 2019.

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Persons: Gadhimai, Nepal’s, Shyam Prasad Yadav, HSI ‘, Upendra Kushwaha, ” Kushwaha, Kushwaha, ” Shristi Bhandari, Jane Goodall, HSI, Navesh Chitrakar, ”, Yadav, Bhandari, ” Bhandari, Shaili Shah, ” Sneha Shrestha, Prakash Mathema, Shrestha, there’s, ” Shrestha Organizations: CNN, Animal, Humane Society International India, Jane Goodall Institute Nepal, Reuters, Volunteers, Indian Supreme, . Buffaloes, Humane Society, Federation of Animal Welfare, Getty Locations: Bariyarpur, Nepal, India, Gadhimai, Nepal's Bara, HSI India, Bariyapur, Bara, Baryarpur, AFP