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Nepal's Gadhimai festival is known as the world's bloodiest. Here's what you need to know

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The Gadhimai festival is a religious observance in Nepal , next to the country’s border with India .

Hindus flock to a temple in southeastern Nepal for the festival in November and December .

The festival sees the killing of thousands of animals, from rats and pigeons to goats and water buffalos.

Activists have long condemned the festival, submitting petitions to courts in Nepal and India .

The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered its government to begin phasing out and discouraging animal sacrifices.