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What they say
Hindus worship cows blindly — it's superstition.
The Truth
The cow is revered because it represents all gods (Kamadhenu), provides milk (like a mother), its dung is fuel and fertilizer, urine has medicinal properties, and it sustains agriculture. It's not worship — it's gratitude and ecological wisdom.
गावो विश्वस्य मातरः
“Cows are the mothers of the world.”
— Rigveda 6.28.1
In Vedic civilization, wealth was measured in cattle (the word 'go' means both cow and earth). Cow dung has proven antibacterial properties. Cow urine is used in traditional medicine. Killing a cow was equivalent to killing a community's food source. The reverence is practical, ecological, and spiritual — not blind worship.
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