Calcutta, June 28 :    Calcutta, June 28:  'There is nothing wrong in offering a goat to the goddess,' says the 'personal' purohit of the Nepal king, at Kalighat temple. 'This is a heinous act. It must be universally condemned,' counters an animal rights activist in Calcutta. The visit of Nepal's King Gyanendra to Kalighat on Friday did more than upset devotees debarred from entering the temple since morning 'for security reasons'. It kicked up an animal rights storm. The furore in Guwahati over the Kamakhya temple animal sacrifice on Thursday did not stop the Nepal king from offering a goat to the goddess at Kalighat temple on Friday morning. 'He offered prayers to the goddess and went round the temple. He stopped near the altar where goats are sacrificed and dedicated a goat, which his aides had specially brought for the day, to the purohit,'' said Dilip Banerjee, one of the trustees of the Kalighat temple committee. 'The goat was sacrificed in the presence of senior Nepali delegates, minutes after the King left the temple.'' As word spread, animal rights activists reacted sharply. Leading the charge was Debashis Chakravarty, managing trustee of the People for Animals. 'King Gyanendra is the leader of a society and we certainly didn't expect him to promote such medieval practices in the name of tradition,'' he said. Purnima Toolsidass of Compassionate Crusaders Trust was furious: 'In the Hindu tradition, there is a ritual of human sacrifice. Why didn't he offer a human being to the goddess? Why kill a poor animal?'' But Khokababu, the Nepal King's personal purohit for over two decades at the temple, defended him: 'There is nothing wrong in sacrificing a goat. It is a ritual that should be kept out of any controversy.'' Kalighat Temple committee officials said police took over the temple from 5 am on Friday. 'The gates were closed to devotees and securitymen with sniffer dogs patrolled surrounding areas. Shops inside and outside the temple were asked to down shutters till the King and his delegates left the area,'' said deputy commissioner of police, south, Kuldip Singh. When King Gyanendra and Queen Komal Rajya Laxmi, accompanied by their daughter, and 25-odd delegates reached the temple, only Khokababu and temple committee members were allowed to stay inside. The King went inside the Garbha Griha to offer prayers before proceeding to the adjoining Shani Mandir . He then headed for the sacrificial altar, where he 'dedicated a goat to his purohit' for sacrifice. The goat was sacrificed soon after the King left the temple at around 10.15 am. Police opened the temple doors for 'common' devotees at 11 am.