| On that day
people bathe the cow, put tilak on its forehead, tie beads and ornaments round its horns
and neck, and worship it. They feed it with feet cakes. The cow is a useful animal. It gives us milk, from which we make curd, butter and
butter -milk. It is like a mother to us all. We show our gratitude to her on that day.
The cow was born from God Brahma’s mouth. Stories of
old days say so. Brahma created the cow by drinking nectar. The first cow was called
Surabhi. Hence cow milk is Eke nectar to us all.
In ancient times cows were counted as wealth, just as we
count rupees now.
King Mandhata was the first to worship the cow. We have
continued to worship her from that day. |
