Bhawanipatna: Despite repeated appeals by the administration to desist from animal sacrifice, hundreds of goats and hens were ...

Despite repeated appeals by the administration to desist from animal sacrifice, hundreds of goats and hens were slaughtered to “appease” Maa Manikeswar during the annual ‘Chhatar Jatra’ in Odisha’s ...

Offerings of a buffalo, as well as goats and chickens, to Maa Manikeswari are customary in Kalahandi tradition ...

The annual Chhatar Jatra festival in Odisha's Bhawanipatna sees hundreds of animals sacrificed, despite administrative efforts to curb the practice. Deep-rooted religious sentiments among the local ...

Many of us care for animals and feel empathy when they suffer. At the same time, many of us also accept their suffering and ...

Thousands of animals were sacrificed at Bhawanipatna in the Kalahandi district of during the celebrated Chhatar Jatra of ...

SP Bheemashankar Guled flags off spiritual yatra against animal sacrifice in Belagavi, led by Sri Dayananda Swami.

The famous Chhatar Yatra of presiding deity Maa Manikeswari was taken out on the streets traversing three kilometer distance ...