ORISSA, INDIA, May 17, 2002: A scheduled “horse sacrifice” in the village of Juna Padia, about 430 km southwest of Calcutta was stopped by India minister of Minister for Culture and Animal Care, Maneka Gandhi. She, along with local officials, confiscated the horses. The Washington Times (“source” above) and the South China Morning Post reported April 15 that the sacrifice, scheduled for March 29, had actually occurred, but in a direct communication to HPI, Gandhi said it had not. Other details of these questionable news reports could not be independently confirmed. The kings of ancient India occassionally performed the sacrifice as a demonstration of their power, but there is no provision in scripture for anyone but a king to perform it.
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