Gadhimai Municipality

For other places with the same name, see bhawanipur (disambiguation).
Gadhimai Municipality
गढीमाई नगरपालिका
Municipality

Gadhimai Temple
Gadhimai Municipality

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°07′57″N 84°57′27″E / 27.13250°N 84.95750°E / 27.13250; 84.95750Coordinates: 27°07′57″N 84°57′27″E / 27.13250°N 84.95750°E / 27.13250; 84.95750
Country Nepal
Development Region Central
Zone Narayani Zone
District Bara District
Elevation 116 m (381 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 83,367
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal Code 44417

Gadhimai is a municipality in Bara District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It lies in the Central Development Region. It was established on 18 May 2014 by merging Pipara Simara, Jitpur Bhawanipur, Chhata Pipra, Phattepur, Dumbarwana Village Development Committees.[1][2]

The municipality is named after the famous Gadhimai Temple where historically thousands of animals have been slaughtered for sacrifice during the Gadimai Festival, most recently in 2014. In the future animal sacrifice has been banned, and the temple director Ram Chandra Shah has declared the next festival will be a "momentous celebration of life."[3][4]

It is situated about 5 km south of Simara and about 12 km north of Birganj. This place is famous for the buffalo market that has its history since about 1960 A.D. Once, this place was one of the richest VDCs in Nepal. At the time of the 2015 Nepal census it had a population of 83,367.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Ram Chandra, Shah. "Gadhimai Temple Trust Chairman, Mr Ram Chandra Shah, on the decision to stop holding animal sacrifices during the Gadhimai festival:" (PDF). Humane Society International. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Meredith, Charlotte (29 July 2015). "Thousands of Animals Have Been Saved in Nepal as Mass Slaughter Is Cancelled". Vice News. Vice Media, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.

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