As Diwali approached, the threat to the lives of owls began to threaten, and the leaves of officers were canceled in Dudhwa Park; What is recognition? - Uiloffer for Tantric Rituals Forest Department Alert in Lakhimpur Kheri

As Diwali approached, the threat to the lives of owls began to threaten, and the leaves of officers were canceled in Dudhwa Park; What is recognition? Updated: Di, 14 Oct 2025 12:23 pm (IST) on Diwali, Owls are sacrificed in the terai to please the goddess lakshmi. An alert was issued to stop hunting in Dudhwa buffer zone. The forest division increased patrolling and canceled the leaves of employees. Due to the tradition of sacrifice and tantric worship of owls, they are also smuggled, which is the administration to stop. Jagran correspondent, Lakhimpur Kheri. In Terai, there is a tradition of sacrificing owls to please the goddess Lakshmi on the occasion of Diwali. For this, owls are hunted on a large scale in the buffer zone forests of Dudhwa. Officials issued a warning in the buffer zone to stop poaching incidents. Remove Ad Read Only News Deputy Director Naveen Khandelwal stopped the leave of the employees of the series for ongoing patrolling. Instructions have been issued that everyone from rangers to forest guards and Watchers should precede the safety of birds. The tradition of sacrificing owls and feeding tantric puja with their blood to please the goddess Lakshmi has been going on for decades. It is believed that the goddess Lakshmi, by sacrificing an owl, is happy and the worshiper of Tantra is always blessed with wealth. Owls and other bird species arrive in large numbers in the forests of Dudhwa and buffer zone. Owls are also hunted and smuggled in the areas along the forest, because there is a great demand for owls for Tantra Puja during Diwali. In this process, owls of Dudhwa and buffer zone are caught and transported to metropolitan cities. Organized gangs work in this work. This time, the buffer Zone administration has already begun preparations for the protection of forest birds. Deputy Director Naveen Khandelwal said that along with the issue of warning at the series level, the instructions were also given that no forest worker should get leave. He himself will inspect the forests under the series and see the safety arrangements.