Kathmandu. The fourth day of Tihar is being celebrated today by worshiping cows and eating sweet dishes.

There is a tradition of worshiping the cow as a sacred animal in Hinduism. The cow is honored as a mother cow because of the belief that the milk given by the cow is as nutritious as the mother’s milk. It also has special religious and cultural significance as milk, cow dung and cow dung are obtained from the cow.

According to religious traditions, it is believed that worshipping the cow and eating sweet food will bring virtue. In some places and communities of Nepal, it is customary to worship the cow on the day of Kartik Krishna Aunsi, but according to the classical belief, the cow is worshiped at the end of the new moon and the beginning of the pratipada.

There is also a tradition of donating cows in various religious ceremonies. Prof. Dr. Ramchandra Gautam, an expert on religious sciences, said that the practice of keeping money by making a resolution in the absence of cows has increased in recent times.

The cow is kept as a national animal with respect. There is a religious belief that if the Rakshabandhan tied on the right hand is tied to the tail of the cow on the day of Saun Shukla Purnima, then after death, the cow crosses the Baitarani river to go to heaven.