Just one day of serving a cow, which can fulfill all your unfulfilled wishes:

News India Live, Digital Desk: In Hindu religion, cow is not just an animal but is given the respect of “mother”. It is said in the scriptures that 33 crore gods and goddesses reside in the body of a cow. Meaning, by serving just one mother cow, we get the blessings of all the gods and goddesses together. There is a very sacred festival dedicated to this cow service and worship. Gopashtamiwhich is celebrated every year on the Ashtami Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month.

In the year 2025, this holy festival will be celebrated on Thursday, 30 October. According to the astrological calendar, Ashtami Tithi will start at 9:23 am on October 29 and end at 10:06 am on October 30. According to the rules of Udayatithi, it will be auspicious to celebrate this festival on 30th October only.

What is the story of Gopashtami? Why did Kanha become ‘Gopal’?

Gopashtami is directly related to the childhood pastimes of Lord Shri Krishna. According to mythology, it was on this auspicious day that Lord Krishna started the act of grazing cows for the first time. Earlier they used to take only calves for grazing. When child Krishna insisted his mother Yashoda to take the cows to graze, the mother asked Nand Baba to take permission. When Nand Baba got the auspicious time from Pandit ji, it was the day of Gopashtami. From this day Lord Shri Krishna was called ‘Gopal’ or ‘Govinda’ and this day became dedicated to the worship of cows.

Small measures taken on this day will give big results

The day of Gopashtami is considered so sacred that even small tasks done with full devotion on this day can bring a huge and positive change in your life.

1. Worship of Mother Cow: On this day, wake up early in the morning and take bath. If possible, bathe the cow and its calf also. After this, apply turmeric-kumkum tilak to them, garland them with flowers and perform aarti with incense sticks.
2. Feed green fodder and jaggery: On this day, feeding green fodder, jaggery or the first home-made roti to mother cow with one’s own hands is considered the greatest virtue. It is believed that doing this brings happiness, peace and prosperity to the house.
3. All problems will be solved by ‘Gau Parikrama’: After duly worshiping Mother Cow, make sure to circumambulate around her. It is believed that by doing this one gets the results of circumambulating all the pilgrimages and deities and all the troubles of life are removed.
4. Special remedies for having a child: Those couples who are deprived of the happiness of children, on this day husband and wife should serve the cow together and feed green fodder to the cow. With this, their empty lap can be filled soon.
5. Money crunch will go away: If you are troubled by financial problems, then donate money, grains or fodder to a cowshed on the day of Gopashtami. With this remedy Goddess Lakshmi is pleased and lack of money goes away.

The festival of Gopashtami teaches us love and respect towards nature and voiceless animals. By doing a little cow service on this day, you too can get the blessings of 33 crore gods.