Bariyarpur, Bara Explained

Bariyarpur
Native Name:बरियारपुर
Nickname:Gadhimai nagari
Settlement Type:Mahagadhimai Municipality
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Zone
Subdivision Name1:Narayani Zone
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bara District
Population As Of:2011[1]
Population Total:7033
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:26.9833°N 88°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:44405
Area Code:053

Bariyarpur was a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District but now it is converted into municipality in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 10000 persons residing in 1250 individual households.[2]

Every five years, the Gadhimai festival is held in the temple of Bariyapur. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals  - including rats, buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons  - with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, a Hindu goddess of power.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
  2. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 18 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 . dead .
  3. News: Devotees flock to Nepal animal sacrifice festival . Joanna Jolly . Jolly . Joanna . 24 November 2009 . . 24 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091126040719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8375591.stm . 26 November 2009 . live .