President Paudel offers worship to cow

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: President Ramchandra Paudel has offered worship to cows today on the third day of the five-day Tihar festival. The cow which symbolizes Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, is worshipped on the third day of the Tihar festival, the second biggest festival of Nepali Hindus.

The head of the state offered worship to the cow as per the tradition, garlanded it, and fed it fruits and delicacies at a religious function organized at the President House, Shital Niwas. 

The cow is sacred for the Hindus and is worshipped as per the religious belief that we get the same love and milk that we get from our mother. The day is also locally called Gai Tihar. The cow is garlanded and fed various delicacies.

Worshiping cows as sacred has been a tradition since ancient Vedic times. Cows are revered as cow mothers because the milk given by cows is as nutritious as the milk given by human mothers.