up: India's Prime Minister worshiping & feeding cow

According to Indian belief, the Supreme God manifests also as 33 million Gods who take care of water, earth, fire, all types of characters & energies, & they are said to be all present in a cow.

Another story is, that their Supreme God Krishna loves cows the most, & that they are manifested from His heart. Therefore, one of His names is also Gokul' ( go=cow, and kula=shelter in Sanskrit).

Krishna personally appeared 5125years ago in India, and the Old-Indian text books say, that he had 108 different types/brieds of cows, classified through different colors, seize, shape, horns, and head shape.

The cows in the spiritual world are also called Kama-dhenus, which is Sanskrit & that who will make all your wishes fulfilled. 

In the hump of a cow is said to be gold or gold element. In India the Sun intensity is a lot, and the cows catch the sun rays/ sun  power on their back and in their hump. When milk is produced in the cows body, it is also nourished with gold particals. That's why the milk is said to be good for happiness, the brain and a long healthy-happy life!

It is Indian costum to feed cows for good luck, prolonged life & prosperity. In morning, some families feed first the cow with homemade chapatis (little Indian breads), whereas others do a ritual for certain personal wishes, health & power in their life!

In a ritual, surely most important is your/the mental state of that person. You give respect to the cow, who also directly personifies. God. And than insence and a lamp are hold in the hand and circambulated clockwise with a hand movement. Than fresh flowers and other paraphenelia is offered. Lastly, the cow is fed & given fresh drinking water, and 7times clockwise circambulated. Mostly, it is done by a Indian family. So, parents and kids all together will walk around the cow 7times. Sometimes, also parents do this ritual for getting a strong kid. 

In some places, like particularly in Rajasthan, also an ornamented and very colourful blanket is gifted to the cow! 

A female Cow is considered a Mother also. And certain things resemble each other and are worshiped symbolic. In this case, a cow carries a baby 9and half month inside the womb, just same as human does. Coconut needs to ripen for 9month, as well as 1banana tree grows big within 9month.

Therefore, coconuts & bananas resemble life, and a new life, -and purity. These 2fruits are used in Induan worship, as well as a cow iscosidered pure and is  worshiped 

up: Myself & baby calf from the road. Rishikesh2019

Donations to Cows

Rich, and ordinary people give vast donations to Cow-sheds, - called "Go-Shalas" in Hindi. 

Money donations, people can also do from here. You can find online your personal Goshala/Cow she'd, or get a personal contact, when u or yr family is in India.

Also around the world are many animal & cow protection projects. 

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