A BJP functionary from Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, has urged people attending garba events during the Navratri festival to sip "gaumutra바카라 (cow urine) before entering the pandals. This sparked a row after he stressed that a Hindu can never refuse this precondition.
"We have requested organisers to ensure devotees do aachaman with cow urine before allowing them to enter garba pandals. Aadhaar card can be edited. However, if a person is a Hindu, he will enter the Garba pandal only after aachaman of gaumutra and there is no question of refusing it," Verma reasoned. He added that the aachaman 바카라 a practice of ingesting 바카라holy바카라 water to 바카라purify바카라 the body before rituals 바카라 has great significance in Sanatan culture.
The statement, made by BJP바카라s district president in Indore Chintu Verma, has reignited the debate around the cow, as the animal finds itself in political discourse again and again. Congress has slammed the call, terming it a new tactic of polarisation by the saffron party. Subsequently, Verma withdrew his statement saying it was his 바카라personal view바카라 and not a 바카라compulsion or restriction바카라.
Meanwhile, a local right-wing Hindutva organisation in Bhopal demanded that Garba organisers should allow entry to only those who worship 'Varaha' (boar), the third avatar of Vishnu, so as to keep away members of other communities. The participants, they said, should also be given `panch-gavya' 바카라 comprising cow's urine, dung, milk, curd and ghee 바카라 as these conditions will prevent the entry of those who don바카라t believe in Sanathan dharma or consider Varaha avatar as unholy.
Over the years, cow urine has been marketed heavily in the name of 바카라purity바카라 and sold in all forms of products and concoctions, paving way for what doctors have warned to be pseudoscience. Claims have been made by spiritual leaders and politicians that it also cures debilitating diseases like cancer but there has been no scientific evidence.
The Ministry of AYUSH, which was begun in 2014 under the BJP government, has been vigorously campaigning for research on cow products, which it says have medicinal properties. In 2019, BJP leader and former Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya had stirred a storm when she claimed that gaumutra 바카라cured바카라 her breast cancer. She had also urged people during the pandemic to drink cow urine to prevent Covid-19.
Recently, a major controversy erupted in Andhra Pradesh over the 'adulteration' of laddus after beef tallow was allegedly found in the ghee which was being used to make laddoos at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam temple in Tirupati. The finding drew ire from political and religious leaders who called for strict measures to protect the sanctity of temples.
Until a decade ago, cow politics had not gained as much significance as it has today. However, with the rise of Hindutva nationalism, cow protectionists have found an evolved platform for mobilisation, legislation and vigilantism.
In an earlier column for Outlook, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd wrote that the theory of the 바카라holy바카라 cow has become the 바카라State theory바카라 after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed BJP came to power in 2014. 바카라Nobody is allowed to eat cow meat, but one can eat buffalo meat as much as one wanted to and export it as well. The taste of buffalo meat does not find a mention in any cookbook, although writing about it does not send the writer to jail,바카라 he wrote.
Shruti Gangapatya wrote in an article for Outlook, 바카라The narrative built over hundreds of years about the cow being the mother of Hindus worked well to attract more people to the movement and gain sympathy for the work.바카라
바카라This love for the animal,바카라 she adds, 바카라is so deeply rooted among the majority of Hindus that they see nothing wrong in the activities of gau rakshaks. The same thought labels Muslims as cow killers and eaters.바카라
This becomes particularly stark in cases where a person from the Muslim community is tortured, harassed, beaten up or their house is demolished over alleged consumption or transportation of cow.
In light of the latest incident, Outlook looks back at its 6 February 2023 magazine issue titled 바카라Cow Prescription바카라 to trace back the many incidents, the lies and half-truths around the 바카라holy바카라 cow that has pushed the animal into the political discourse.
