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The cow is considered as sacred in Hinduism, the cow is the symbol of strength, abundance, wealth in the Hindu belief. Hindus respect the cow for different reasons; the cow provides them in milk and its products. In the Hindu society the cow has a very important place and this is a one of the reasons why the Hindus that deeply believe in their religion avoid eating beef meat. In Hinduism there is a large number of gods with animals head and human body, there are other animals as monkeys or elephant which are considered as holy too. In the Rig Veda, a compound, the cow were important to the people of Rigvedic, it figures the symbol of wealth often. In different Hindu painting the cow is seen. The picture above was taken at Grand Bassin and as you can see the people gave offers to the cow to thank it in giving them milk and other products.
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