Kathmandu, 26 October: Goru Pooja or worshipping of oxen and Govardan Pooja are being marked throughout the country today on the fourth day of the five-day-long Tihar festival, the second biggest festival of Nepalis. The Govardhan Pooja rituals are being marked today with the replicas of the Govardhan Mountain made out of the cow dung.
People prepare a mixture of the cow dung and ochre formed into a paste and apply on the courtyard of their homes and on the floors today. These rituals are elaborately observed as Godhan Pooja in the Mithila region. The rituals are linked to the Hindu God Sri Krishna who, according to the legend, lifted the Govardhan Mountain by his finger and protected the people of a place called Gokul from torrential rains caused by an enraged Indra, the God of rain.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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