Gadhimai is a former independent municipality in
Bara District
Bara District ( ne, बारा जिल्ला ) is one of the seventy–seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% sh ...
in of south-eastern
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
that was merged into
Jeetpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City on 10 March 2017. It was itself established on 18 May 2014 by merging
Pipara Simara
Pipara Simara (also Pipra Simra or Simara or Simra; Nepali: पिपरा सिमरा ''or'' सिमरा) is a town in Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city in Bara District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village ...
,
Jitpur Bhawanipur,
Chhata Pipra,
Phattepur,
Dumbarwana Village Development Committees.
Gadhimai is named after the famous
Gadhimai Temple
Gadhimai Temple ( ne, गढीमाई मन्दिर) is a temple of Gadhimai Devi, an aspect of Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The temple is situated in Mahagadhimai Municipality in Bara District of south central Nepal, though the term ...
where historically thousands of animals have been slaughtered for sacrifice during the Gadimai Festival, most recently in 2014. In the future animal sacrifice has been banned, and the temple director Ram Chandra Shah has declared the next festival will be a "momentous celebration of life."
It is situated about 5 km south of
Simara and about 13 km north of
Birganj
Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry ...
. This place is famous for the
buffalo market
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* Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
* Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
Geography
*Märket, a ...
that has its
history
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since about 1960 A.D. Once, this place was one of the richest
VDCs in Nepal. At the time of the 2015 Nepal census it had a population of 83,367.
Dumbarwana is located on the north east corner of the municipality. It's the center of agriculture. Special economic zone is under pipeline which will bring the socioeconomic changes in these communities. Protection is the sugar mill land has been a burning issue. Dumbarwana has its own college, high schools and cooperatives. It has been developing as an educational, agricultural, socioeconomic hubs in Bara district. Development of a community hospital is a growing demand of the local communities.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Bara District*https://web.archive.org/web/20110719003649/http://www.nepalpost.gov.np/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=67
Populated places in Bara District
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
Former municipalities of Nepal
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