nubbsgalore:following yesterday’s kukur puja (featured here) is today’s gai tihar, the third day of
nubbsgalore:following yesterday’s kukur puja (featured here) is today’s gai tihar, the third day of nepal’s hindu tihar festival. literally meaning “worship of cows”, kukur puja is dedicated to honouring the cow, which is viewed as the incarnation of the hindu goddess laxmi, the goddess of wealth.in the secular but hindu dominant state of nepal, cow slaughter remains illegal and can carry a prison sentence of up to twelve years. said mahatma gandhi, “if someone were to ask me what the most important outward manifestation of hinduism was, i would suggest that it was the idea of cow protection.” photos by (click pic) niranjan shrestha, navesh chitrakar, prakash mathema, sunil sharma and binod joshi. (see also: the third day of diwali in india, and making the marigold garlands) -- source link