Importance of worshiping cow

Importance of worshiping cow

Content of this article is based on discussions with Shri Raghupathi Sir.

We all know that Indian culture considers cow as God. From the old time Sages have been worshiping cow.

Here are few acts of worshiping cow and the benefits of those acts:

• One who daily worships cow i.e. performs puja of cow, receives blessings of Lord Shrikrishna, who is also known as Gopala i.e protector of cow
• One who daily offers a byte of food to a cow, Lord Shrikrishna fulfills all desires of that person
• One who performs abhishek of cow’s milk on Shaligrama, gets rid of all sins of past and present birth and hereafter goes in deva loka
• One who daily takes darshan of cow first thing in the morning, gets rid of all sorrows of life.
• One who daily performs circumambulation (pradakshina) around cow and its calf together, gets punya of visiting all tirtha kshetras