Extensive supplies of ritually pure food prepared in pure cooking vessels were required for the pilgrims’ sacrificial meals in the Temple and throughout the city. A large quantity of cooking pots had ...

Conflict over attempted animal sacrifice at dargah in Madurai has sparked communal tensions in Thiruparankundram hills. Now, ...

Further back, even gentiles could attend.... Even though the actual religious rituals of the Temple were solely in the hands of the priests, that is, if you brought your sacrifice to the Temple ...

Madurai: Tensions erupted in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, over animal sacrifices on Thiruparankundram Hill, which is home to both the Sikandar Badushah Dargah and the Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple. The ...

Tensions between Hindu and Islamic outfits over animal sacrifices on Thiruparankundram Hill in Madurai have risen. Police stopped animal sacrifices at Sikandar Badushah Dargah, citing that only ...

As soon as Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem they go to the temple. It was customary for animals to be sacrificed. However, the animals that were to be offered as sacrifices had to be ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence of cultic activity and possibly animal sacrifice in the Kingdom of Judah during the First Temple period.

Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone or bronze – and an altar or temple at which to offer prayers and sacrifices. Requests and prayers were presented to gods as a ...