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The Dakshinkali temple is 45-minute drive south from Kathmandu. It is locat ed in a dark valley at the confluence of two streams; the shrine of Dakshinkali is the most spectacular of all Kali temples. Animal sacrifices are offered to this deity signifying fertility and the procreative powers of the Female, every Tuesday & Saturday. The animals are presented to the priest who will ritually decapitate them with a khukuri knife & bathe the black stone image of Kali in blood.
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