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The Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department connected Tuesday issued a circular directing the temples operating nether its jurisdiction to behaviour Gau Puja (cow worship) connected the juncture of Balipadyami connected Wednesday arsenic portion of Deepavali festivities successful Karnataka.
The circular, dated October 21, stated that Gau Puja would beryllium observed connected the time of Deepavali (Balipadayami) successful each notified temples coming nether the purview of the section successful the State.
“In the Hindu faith, the cow, revered arsenic Gau Mata (mother), holds a peculiar and ineffable status. In this regard, and to rise nationalist consciousness astir the value and extortion of cows, which signifier an integral portion of India’s spiritual and taste heritage, temples person been requested to bathe the cows, decorate them with turmeric, vermilion, and flowers, connection Gograsa (a substance of rice, jaggery, fruits, etc.), and behaviour the Gau Pooja ceremonial successful the evening to people the occasion,” the circular added.
There are adjacent to 35,000 government-owned temples successful Karnataka. On the time of Balipadyami, the temples should bathe cows, adorn them with flowers, arashina-kunkuma (turmeric and kumkuma), and offer jaggery, atom and fruits arsenic “Gograsa”.
