2006-10-14 10:36:29 · 11 answers · asked by Rujuta B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it is their religion
may be it is their god
2006-10-14 10:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by moonlight 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Indians consume milk on a daily basis, and the cow as a provider of milk, is equated to one's mother (hence the expression Gomäta = mother cow)
Traditionally, Indians had cows in every household. They were part of the family, with names and personalities. Just like one would not hurt/eat their pets, the Indians did not hurt the cows and respected them.
The cow has a special role in the Hindu mythologies; Kamadhenu is a wish-fulfilling cow. A cow is also depicted as vehicle of several deities.
Many social reform movements in India (Jainism, Buddhism, the Bhakti Movement, Gandhi's non-violent movement) advocated non-violence, and no cruelty to animals. So in India, other animals also (like elephants, mice, monkeys) are considered holy.
That said, many ethnic communities do eat beef in India. The cow meat is consumed by Roman Catholics, Anglo-Indians, and several other non-Brahmin Hindu communities.
Slaughter of the cows is banned in several states, as it is offensive to some Hindus.
2006-10-14 10:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by missourim43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's holy to Indians because they saw that there was a golden cow or something ? And it's not just indians their religion is Muslim and they can eat beef it's pork they can't eat.
2006-10-14 10:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by sweetk1ssz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a long story that I will shorten it.
Their was once an East Indian who went out west, and traveled with a bunch of cowboys. One night cookie cooked a batch of very hot chili beans, and one of the cowboys exclaimed, "Holy Cow", that was hot.
And ever since the cow became holy to the east Indians.
2006-10-14 10:44:44 · answer #4 · answered by festus_porkchop 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It takes ten times as much land to grow beef as it does to produce vegetable food and get the same nutritional yield. India has a large population and if they started devoting precious agricultural land to raising beef, there would be massive starvation.
Beef is a luxury of rich nations.
2006-10-14 10:47:10 · answer #5 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LoL Very GooD QuesTion........
Anyways i heard that one time in india there was a very heavy hunger and there was no food and a cow told them to do something i dont really know but at the end the cow saved them but if i am wrong please correct me i want to know too
2006-10-14 10:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by No_ResPect 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is such respect for cows in India, why do they all look like they're starving...animals seem quite generally disrespected there.
2016-04-15 03:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe because Cows are the Gods ?!
2006-10-14 10:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by sMoOkEr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way to generalize all indians
2006-10-14 10:38:20 · answer #9 · answered by bleh 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it is a control thing by their government ,to control population so people will starve to death
2006-10-14 14:31:40 · answer #10 · answered by Tinkerbelle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Overly simple answer is that they believe in Reincarnation.(Those who are Hindu, that is.)
2006-10-14 10:38:48 · answer #11 · answered by Minister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋