Gobardhan Puja being celebrated

KATHMANDU, NOV 04 -

Hindus across the country are celebrating Gobardhan Puja , the fourth day of Tihar, on Monday.

The day is celebrated on the first lunar day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Kartik.

This day is is celebrated to rejoice the event when lord Krishna had lifted the Gobardhan hill and saved millions of people and cows from the wrath of Lord Indra, the lord of rains.

This puja is performed with great zeal and enthusiasm by building cow dung hillocks, which symbolise the Mount Gobardhan, the mountain which was once lifted by Lord Krishna. The hillocks are then decorated with flowers and then worshipped. People move in a circle all round the cow dung hillocks and offer prayers to Lord Gobardhan.

According to legends, Gobardhan puja is when Lord Krishna stopped the people of Vrindavan dham worshipping Lord Indra because Indra had become too proud of himself so Lord Krishna completely stopped it and told the inhabitants of Vrindavana to worship Gobardhan Hill.