Worshipping the cow

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> We know that Srila Prabhupada did not approve of a daily puja for the cows.

> But

> on Govardhana Puja is also Go-Puja -- "Go" means "Cow" (it even sounds almost

> like "cow") and "Puja" means "worship." So this is the day when Krsna

advised

> to worship the cows. Balabhadra or Madhava Gosh or Syamasundara or Rohita

> prabhus could tell you whether the cows were worshipped on Govardhana puja

> while

> Srila Prabhupada was present.

>

> your servant,

>

> Hare Krsna dasi

 

Well, they were honored. I don't remember ever actually performing arotikas

directly to cows.

 

Also, there is Gopastami, which even more so than Govardhan puja was

especially

for the cows.