Cow in Religious Rituals
Our culture has retained a strong relationship between cows and temples.
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- Cow is accepted as divine.
- Day dawns with worship of cow.
- Worship and feeding of cow is part of daily rituals.
- Cow has precedence in festivals at home.
- There are several festivals where cow is prominent.
- Many temples have cow sheds at the entrance, enhancing the divine feelings.
- Traditionally we have used Panchagavya to cleanse and purify.
- God’s idols are washed with milk, curd and ghee.
- For lighting holy lamp we use ghee. We also give offering of ghee to deities.
- Preparation of various offerings to the God use ghee and milk.
- Butter is used in decorating deities.
