facts 1) there is ritual sacrificing of cow which is still performed in many temples of himachal pradesh, hc had to intervene to stop those animal killings in temple premises
2) recently in nepal around a quarter million animals were killed during gadhimai hindu ritual festival. https://twitter.com/sahelsheriff003/status/1284008926074134529

source - the siasat daily

3) Animal sacrifices were part of the ancient Vedic religion in India, and are mentioned in scriptures such as the Yajurveda.
4) The Ashvamedha, a ritual in which a horse is sacrificed, is mentioned in the Vedic texts such as the Yajurveda. 
source - wikipedia

5) Animal sacrifice is a part of some Durga puja celebrations during the Navratri in eastern states of India. The goddess is offered sacrificial animal in this ritual in the belief that it stimulates her violent vengeance against the buffalo demon.

6) The Rajput of Rajasthan worship their weapons and horses on Navratri, and formerly offered a sacrifice of a goat to a goddess revered as Kuldevi – a practice that continues in some places.

7) in some Sacred groves of India, particularly in Western Maharashtra, animal sacrifice is practiced to pacify female deities that are supposed to rule the Groves
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