Seer urges devotees to eschew animal sacrifice
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Seer urges devotees to eschew animal sacrifice

The Hindu  

Sri Dayananda Swami of Vishwa Prani Kalyana Mandali has urged the devotees taking part in the Chikkallur Sri Siddappaji jatra in Chamarajanagar district, to eschew animal sacrifice and celebrate the event in a non-violent manner. The seer has already written to the Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar and the Superintendent of Police of the district to strictly implement the provisions of the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifice Act, 1959, as also the orders of the High Court of Karnataka which prohibits animal sacrifices in public and places of worship. Ban issued He said consequent to his appeal to the district administration, a ban order has been issued and additional security will be deployed to prevent animal sacrifices. Dayananda Swami said the authorities should also crack down on such customs at Shimsha Maramma Devi temple, Manteswamy shrine at Kurubana Katte and other places.

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Tamil Nadu news: Religious tension rises in Madurai as police ban animal sacrifices at Sikandar Badushah dargah
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu news: Religious tension rises in Madurai as police ban animal sacrifices at Sikandar Badushah dargah

Live Mint  

Madurai is witnessing rising religious tensions after police imposed a ban on animal sacrifices at the Sikandar Badushah dargah, located on the sacred Thiruparankundram hill in Tamil Nadu. The dargah, a revered site for Muslims, shares the hill with the Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan, making it a significant pilgrimage destination for Hindus, India …

Animal Sacrifice at Fair: Seer Appeals to Administration, Police
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Animal Sacrifice at Fair: Seer Appeals to Administration, Police

The Hindu  

Animal sacrifice is to be prevented at the 'Holeyamma Devi Jatra' in Tabakada Honalli in the Dharwad district. The fair is scheduled to be held from October 31 to November 4. The seer has appealed to the administration and the police to take effective steps to prevent animal sacrifices and to ensure that the fair is conducted in a safe …

Dayanand Swami seeks steps to prevent animal sacrifice
1 year, 2 months ago

Dayanand Swami seeks steps to prevent animal sacrifice

The Hindu  

The president of Vishwa Prani Kalyana Mandali and Basava Dharma Jnana Peetha Sri Dayanand Swami has urged the Belagavi district administration to take requisite steps and strict measures to prevent animal sacrifice during the ‘Yallamma Devi Jatra Mahotsav’ at Kokatnur in Athani taluk of Belagavi district. Addressing presspersons in Belagavi on Friday, Dayanand Swami devotees from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa …

Bihar govt bans animal sacrifice at Shyama Mai Temple: How Sanatana tradition differs from Bakrid
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar govt bans animal sacrifice at Shyama Mai Temple: How Sanatana tradition differs from Bakrid

Op India  

The Bihar government has announced a ban on the practice of Pashubali in the Shyama Mai Temple of Darbanga. The protesters have decided that hundreds of people will gather and sacrifice animals in the temple premises as a mark of non-cooperation with this order of the state government. Speaking to OpIndia, Mohit Bhardwaj, founder of ‘Vedic India’ and an expert …

Animal sacrifice prevented by awareness programme
1 year, 4 months ago

Animal sacrifice prevented by awareness programme

The Hindu  

A week-long awareness programme carried out by Vishwa Prani Kalyana Mandali in association with other organisations and with the help of the local administration and the Police Department has made a positive impact on prevention of animal sacrifice during the Holeyamma Devi Jatra at Tabakada Honnalli in Kalaghtagi taluk of Dharwad district. According to a press release issued by Sri …

Tripureswari Temple yet to receive court order banning animal sacrifice
5 years, 5 months ago

Tripureswari Temple yet to receive court order banning animal sacrifice

Op India  

In open defiance of Tripura High Court’s order banning animal sacrifice at Temples, Pashubali continued as usual in Maa Tripureswari Temple at Udaipur, Tripura. The government, thus far, has issued no order regarding the same and made no attempt thus far at enforcing the High Court order. As reported by Ananda Bazaar Patrika, the district administration said that as they …

Animal sacrifice banned in Nepal festival
9 years, 8 months ago

Animal sacrifice banned in Nepal festival

The Hindu  

In a significant move that will save the lives of millions of animals, the practice of sacrifice has been banned at Nepal’s Gadhimai festival, the world’s biggest animal sacrifice event held every five years. “The Gadhimai Temple Trust hereby declares our formal decision to end animal sacrifice. “Animal sacrifice is a highly regressive practice and no nation in the modern …

‘Ban animal slaughter in the name of religion’
10 years, 3 months ago

‘Ban animal slaughter in the name of religion’

The Hindu  

A candlelight vigil was held at Jantar Mantar on Friday by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations and PETA India against the sacrifice of thousands of animals at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal. We are not protesting only against the slaughter in Gadhimai but also slaughter in the name of religion that takes place during festivals in India as …

Live and let live: Himachal court bans animal sacrifice
10 years, 5 months ago

Live and let live: Himachal court bans animal sacrifice

India TV News  

Shimla: Live and let live. This idiom has summed up the landmark 110-page humane judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court that banned the age-old tradition prevailing in most areas of the hill state to sacrifice animals to "appease" various gods and goddesses in their pantheon. Invoking 'parens patriae', a doctrine that grants authority of the state to protect persons …

Himachal Pradesh High Court bans animal sacrifice in public places of worship
10 years, 6 months ago

Himachal Pradesh High Court bans animal sacrifice in public places of worship

India TV News  

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday put a ban on animal sacrifice to ‘appease deities' and ruled that ‘no person throughout the state shall sacrifice any animal in any place of public religious worship'. Disposing of a number of petitions seeking ban on the inhuman practice of animal sacrifice, a division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Sureshwar Thakur …

Nepal set to host animal sacrifice fair
15 years, 4 months ago

Nepal set to host animal sacrifice fair

Hindustan Times  

India’s animal rights activist and politician Maneka Gandhi’s protest and Nepal’s ‘Budhha Boy’ Ram Bahadur Bomjan’s appeal won’t be able to prevent the sacrifice of nearly half-a-million animals at this month’s Gadhimai Mela in this Himalayan nation. HT Image Billed as the world’s largest animal sacrifice fair, the event — held every five years at Bariyapur in Bara district of …

Despite protests, Nepal to host world’s largest animal sacrifice fair
15 years, 4 months ago

Despite protests, Nepal to host world’s largest animal sacrifice fair

Hindustan Times  

Maneka Gandhi’s protest and Nepal’s ‘Budhha Boy’ Ram Bahadur Bomjan’s appeal would not be able to prevent sacrifice of nearly half a million animals at this month’s Gadhimai Mela in this Himalayan nation. HT Image Billed as the world’s largest animal sacrifice fair, the event held every five years at Bariyapur in Bara district of southern Nepal is expected to …

A decree on animal sacrifice
21 years, 5 months ago

A decree on animal sacrifice

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government's ban on animal sacrifice in temples, imposed in an effort apparently to please Hindutva forces, attracts widespread protests. In Madurai, devotees of the Pandi Muneeswarar temple performed animal sacrifice "in fulfilment of their vow" and shared the meat with relatives in com<147,1,7>munity feasts. The Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Association has said that the State government's action …

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