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Kathmandu. The third day of Yamapanchak i. e. Tihar is celebrated by worshiping the cow today. According to Hindu scriptures, there is a tradition of worshiping the cow as a cow mother with the religious belief that all the gods and goddesses reside in the cow. Since the cow is considered a symbol of Lakshmi, it is worshiped with reverence by feeding flowers, tika and various delicacies.<\/p>\n According to religious beliefs, one can cross the Baitarani river by holding the tail of a cow. <\/p>\n Shaligram Dhakal, assistant professor at Nepal Sanskrit University, said that the cow is considered the abode of all gods and goddesses and is taken as the living goddess Laxmi. <\/p>\n He said, “Now why worship the cow, all the gods and goddesses reside in the cow. In the house where the cow is reared, where the cow is blessed, the cow mother is in the form of Lakshmi. Therefore, the cow should be worshiped according to the rituals. According to him, the cow is also considered as Mother Earth. Due to the contribution of the cow in the nutrition of human beings, milk, curd, ghee, cow dung and panchagavya have been used in religious and cultural terms. <\/p>\n ‘The cow is also called Mother Earth. We consider the Guru as a religion, while the cow is considered as the endurance of the earth, as the nurturer of all. That is why we use everything of the cow. Not only cow milk, curd, ghee, but also cow dung to plaster the house and Panchagavya for purity,” he said. <\/p>\n Dhakal said that the importance of the cow is not limited to religious beliefs but is also linked to human life and culture. He said that the cow helps in the nourishment of people, so it needs to be protected and respected. <\/p>\n He said, “We do not become our own mothers just because we eat, I take it, and enjoy in pleasure. We worship and worship every sentient animal. This is our civilization, the Vedas tell us that, our religion tells us that.” Dhakal said that this year, due to the conjunction of the date, the day of Gai Puja and Laxmi Puja has been different. He said that although it is customary to perform cow worship in the morning and Laxmi Puja in the evening on the day of the new moon, this year the puja is on different days according to the date. <\/p>\n Stating that Somwati Aunsi falls on the next day of Laxmi Puja, he said that there is a religious belief that bathing silently on that day yields results like donating millions of cows. Worshipping the cow during Tihar is a religious and cultural belief that conveys the message of relationship between humans and animals, respect for nature and conservation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cow Tihar is celebrated by worshiping Gaumata, such is the religious and cultural significance Kathmandu. The third day of Yamapanchak i. e. Tihar is celebrated by worshiping the cow today. According to Hindu scriptures, there is a tradition of worshiping the cow as a cow mother with the religious belief that all the gods andContinue reading “Gai Tihar is celebrated by worshipping Gaumata, such is the religious and cultural significance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":127004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/photo_e2d7315a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127018,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127017\/revisions\/127018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/127004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}