what religion worships cows, rats etc.?

Question

is it Hinduism?
if yes ,why almost all of them have that distinctive odor?

is it related to their beliefs?

mose... what are your grounds for reporting me? are you one of them? take bath please... have some ice cream..

cry baby!

Answer 1

Hindus don't worship cows and rats, but animals are often used as symbols just like in other religions. The symbolism changes from religion to religion, but I don't know any religion that worships animals.

And what distinctive odor are you refering to? It could be incense. Incense is sometimes used in Hindu worship. Other than that, I smell like the soap I use and my clothes smell like the laundry detergent I use. After I do puja (ritual worship) at my altar the smell of the incense (which is used) is usually also on my clothing. Since I used different fragrances of incense the smell varies.

Most Hindus do seem to use sandalwood incense so maybe that is the distictive smell you notice. And since incense is used for puja the answer would be yes it is related to beliefs. The incense is used in puja and represents our desires being offered to God and rising up to God.

The cow represents selfless service. Because the cow produces milk which can be used to make cheese and butter as well (butter is clarified, and this is called ghee, ghee is used for cooking and in ancient India it was also used as oil for lamps...works very well, they still use it at the temples for rituals) plus cows helped pull carts and farm equipment. All of this and the cow did not ask for anything but food and shelter in return. So the cow came to symbolize selfless service. The rat usually represents the ego or the mind. The rat scurries around always looking for something and the ego is like that. Again, though, it's all just symbolism, Hindus worship God not cows, rats, statues, pictures, etc, etc, etc. Hindus worship God...the God that is beyond all form but manifested all form, the God that is beyond all names and yet will hear your prayers regardless of what name you say.

Here's a great website if you want to learn more about Hinduism, and other religions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion

Some great books on Hinduism are
"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Hinduism"
"Windows Into The Infinite"
"Am I A Hindu"
"Paths To God : Living The Bhagavad Gita"

Answer 2

Hindus worship Cow as Mother as she gives us milk.
Cow is not worshiped as Supreme God.
Hindus never Worship Rats..

Vedic Literature states that a Human Being should Take bath 2 or 3 times a Day. Hindus are also supposed to mark there bodies with symbol of God (Tilak). Generally this marking is done with aromatic paste prepared mainly from Sandal Wood.
But very few Hindus follow this now a days..

Answer 3

Hinduism

Answer 4

In principle, Hinduism incorporates all forms of belief and worship without necessitating the selection or elimination of any. No religious idea in India ever dies or is superseded. It is merely combined with the new ideas that arise in response to it. Hindus revere the Divine in every manifestation, are doctrinally tolerant, allowing others to practice their beliefs - whether Hindu or non-Hindu. They regard other forms of worship, strange gods and divergent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or objectionable.

Answer 5

Some people say that Hindus worship rats and snakes.

The Hindus do not worship rats. But there is a place in Rajsthan where a home has been provided to the rats as a sanctuary. Snakes are not worshipped normally, but on Nag-panchami some Hindu families worship the Ananta Nag (the Infinity symbolized as snake). We will discuss the two phenomenons.

Hinduism is based on the concept of Dharma, which means one, which sustains the system. Hinduism devotes its concerns to the maintenance of the ecosystem. Hindu practices are a result of surviving in the ecosystem over ages. Man will meet his end if he destroys the ecosystem. Reverence to particular animals is a result of those animals occupying an especially important role in the particular ecosystem.

Rajsthan state of India has a very small rainfall. The underground waters are deep and water for drinking gets priority over all other considerations. Rats, which are a pest and damage crops in other areas, do a very important job in these areas. The rat holes quickly drink water and prevent the runoff of the rainfall to the sea. The water absorbed by the rat holes quickly settles to the underground water table and is not dried up by the sunrays. Hence rat holes facilitate retention of rainfall into the ground and also this retained water is less exposed to drying as compared to the water absorbed by the earth surface.
Hence in Rajsthan, rats represent a symbiosis of man and rats. It is sometimes dangerous to ignore and alter the culturally developed practices of a biotic community, without examining its ecological significance.

In other parts of India, water is not scarce and rats are a menace. They not only destroyed the crops but also destroyed the books. In those areas, biological control of pest was used which is more efficient and less polluting to the environment than the chemical control of the pests. Snakes efficiently consume the rats and hence occupy a special position in those farming and academic communities which are disturbed by the rats. Poisonous snake are best controlled by the non-poisonous snakes, because they compete for the same food. Hindus allow the balance in nature to take place by not interfering with the ecosystem.

It is important to understand that it may be dangerous to interfere with the practices of a biotic community without understanding its significance. Man lives with other animals, plants, and physical and chemical elements of the ecosystem. The disturbance to the balanced system may be dangerous.

Trying to control the pests by chemicals is not only less efficient and more polluting than the biological control, but it is also sometimes disastrous. If rats of an area are completely killed, the snakes in the area will be starved to death. It will lead to an uncontrolled invasion and proliferation of rats from neighborhoods and will cause too much havoc.

Not only the snakes, owls ants, eagles (Garuda), crocodiles and Lion have special significance in the Hindu symbiosis with nature, but carnivorous insects which destroy insect-pests are respected by the farming communities in India. Mantis are carnivorous insects which prey on smaller insects. These insects are not killed by the farmers in the northern India, and they say that these insects bring wealth to the society.

Earthworms contribute a lot to the land. Some people use them as baits for catching fishes. In North India, it is said that fishes caught by earthworm as bait become polluted and are no more edible. This feeling stops people from using earthworms as bait and saves the earthworms to do their endless job of slowly tilling the land.

In fact Hinduism is the only religion, which pays concern to ecosystem. Other (non-Indian) religions feel that God has created the nature for man. If man thinks about ecosystem, he doubts the efficiency and wisdom of God and that in effect is a sin. This is not the case with Hinduism.

The message is summarized in the famous saying, “parasparopagrah jivanam” (the mutual help of the different organisms).

Answer 6

Each person smells different. It is not because of Hinduism.

Answer 7

hindus..worship them......no relation with their odour or how they smell.............

hinduism is a religion of many gods....all gods hve some special function to perform and their significance in different walks of life and are occordingly prayed at different ocassions.....

like "GANESH" BEFORE STARTING SOMETHING NEW..LIKE A BUSINESS OR AT A AUSPICIUS OCASSION OF MARRIAGE ETC......IT IS HE AFTER WHOM WE BELIEVE RATS ARE SACRED...

WE TAKE SNAKES AS SACRED-AFTER THE LORD "SHIVA"......AND SO ON.....
BARRING "COW" AND "SNAKE " WHICH WE (HINDUS) FEEL SACRED AND REALLY WORSHIP..NOT ALL OTHER ARE THAT CLOSELY RELATED TO OUR BELEIFS IN GENERAL....BUT I DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT GODS AS THEY BELIEVED TO HVE BEEN BORN THERE OR TAKEN A JOURNEY THROUGH THERE,OR STILL ARE PRESENT THEMSELVES OR SOME TYPE OF THEIR SIGNAL MAKING THESE PLACES HOLY AND SACRED...DIFFERENT ANIMALS HVE IMPORTANCE ACCORDINGLY


BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS THE "COW"...WHICH ALL HINDUS BELEIVE IS SACRED AND ALMOST LIKE A "GOD"

Answer 8

You've met almost every hindu? Wow, that's impressive. Could you possibly formulate a more ignorant question?

Answer 9

none worship any of those animals. they just think some animals are not to be harmed.

Answer 10

i really feel sorry for u
may the medication & treatment work for u