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Bariyapur

Bariyarpur
बरियारपुर
Mahagadhimai Municipality
Bariyarpur is located in Nepal
Bariyarpur
Bariyarpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°59′N 85°03′E / 26.983°N 85.050°E / 26.983; 85.050Coordinates: 26°59′N 85°03′E / 26.983°N 85.050°E / 26.983; 85.050
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Bara District
Population (2011)
 • Total 7,033
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 44405
Area code(s) 053

Bariyarpur was a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District but now,it is converted into municapiality 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.

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.



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