Role of Cow

Role of Cow

Environmental

Environment and Cow
Being part of farming, food, medicine, and industry, cow also contributes to the health of environment.

Ancient scripture state that “Suryaketu” nerve on cow’s back absorbs harmful radiations and cleanses atmosphere. Mere presence of cows is a great contribution to environment.
India has approximately 30 crore cattle. Using their dung to produce bio gas, we [...]

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Agriculture

Joys of Cow Based Farming

Indian agriculture has variety. There is no farm-product that we don’t cultivate. Our land grows all kinds of grains, pulses, vegetables, fruits, flowers, cotton and silk.
About 70% of our population has embraced agriculture as profession. Majority of them are small farmers, owning one or two acres of land.
Our agricultural landscape [...]

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Transportation

Cattle in Transportation
India has more than 6,00,000 villages, many which do not have asphalted motorable roads. In hilly regions where even a horse cannot tread, oxen can pull their carts with ease.
Superiority of Ox Carts :

Boasting of the largest rail road network of the world, Indian Railways transported 55.7 crore tons of goods in 2004-05. [...]

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Food

Food from Cow : from the start to end of a meal
A mother nursing her infant depends on cow’s milk for her own nourishment. A mother feeds her child for a year or two; then cow is lifelong refuge for us all. Cow feeds its own calf and spares plenty for us too.
Uses of [...]

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Medicine

Cow Products as Medicine
World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as a combination of physical, mental, spiritual and social wholeness. WHO has also predicted that bacteria will become immune to antibiotics by the year 2020. That does not scare us! We can depend on Panchagavya – milk, curd, ghee, cow urine and cow dung. These have [...]

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Industry

Cow in Industry
Milk and milk products from cow are used in preparing wholesome dishes and food products. Cow products are effective in treatment for cancer, hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, neurological problems, psychological problems, skin diseases, ENT problems, fever, cold, hair loss, etc. They can also be used in cosmetic products like soap, shampoo and beauty [...]

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Battlefield

Role of Cow in the Battlefield

Apart from responding to our daily needs, cows have fought for us in battlefields!
Recorded Battles :

When Hyder Ali was ruling the Mysore State, the Nizam of Hyderabad attacked Chitradurga Fort. Hyder Ali had a fleet of Amrit Mahal oxen in his army! He tied burning torches to [...]

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Religious Rituals

Cow in Religious Rituals
Our culture has retained a strong relationship between cows and temples.

Cow is accepted as divine.
Day dawns with worship of cow.
Worship and feeding of cow is part of daily rituals.
Cow has precedence in festivals at home.
There are several festivals where cow is prominent.
Many temples have cow sheds at the entrance, enhancing the [...]

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Emotional

Hearty Touch…

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Economy

Cow’s Role in Economy

70% of our people depend on agriculture. 98% of them depend on cattle based agriculture.
India produces more milk than all other countries.
Goods carried by ox carts is 4 to 5 times as much as by trains. This saves considerable foreign exchange. E.g., Transportation worth Rs. 50,000 crore was done by [...]

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