cow is the national animal of nepal.
cow is the national animal of nepal.
cow is the national animal of which country?
nepal
bullet::::- gai jatra (cow festival): this festival of cow is celebrated every year in august/september. this is one of the most popular festivals in nepal as it has much humor, satire, comedy, mockery and shades of sadness too at the same time. and on this day satires and jokes on anybody is legal. as per the tradition, the family who has lost a relative during the past one year must take part in a procession by sending young boys in cow like attire and walk through the streets of kathmandu led by a cow. cow is regarded as a goddess and it is also the national animal of nepal. this festival also purges many who have lost their loved ones as they get to console themselves as to they are not the only ones who have been bereaved and it also teaches to accept death as a part of life.
tokha chandeshwari
he also led and inspired the 108-day-long (30 september 2009 – 17 january 2010 ) 'vishwa mangala gou grama yathra’ with the support of various saints and hindu organizations. the yathra covered the whole of india to highlight the importance of preservation and protection of cow with demands such as to declare cow as the national animal of india and to formulate laws to preserve various breeds of indian cows. it ended with the one of the biggest mass signature campaign signed by over 83 million people across india calling for the end of cruelty to cow and to declare cow a national animal which is then submitted to president of india on 31 january 2010. an 18-member delegation which visited the president of india was led by bharathi including yoga guru baba ramdev, pejavara vishvesha tirtha, many other senior saints and shankaracharyas, religious leaders from islam and christianity, cow scientists, experts, organic farmers and leaders belonging to various organisations of the country.
raghaveshwara bharathi