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History and Importance of Cow 1) India has  150 million cows,  each of them giving an average of less than 200 litres of milk per year. If they could be fed and looked after, they can give 11,000 litres, as Israeli cows do. 2) The cow was elevated to divinity in the Rig Veda. In Book VI, Hymn XXVIII attributed to Rishi Bhardwaja extols the virtue of the cow. In Atharva Veda (Book X, Hymn X), the cow is formally designated as Vishnu, and `all that the Sun surveys'. 3) The cow, according to the Vedas, provides four products for human use:  (i)  Godugdha (cow milk) : As per Ayurveda, cow milk has fat, carbohydrates, minerals and Vitamin B, and even a capacity for body resistance to radiation and for regenerating brain cells.  (ii)  Goghruta (ghee) : The best ghee, it is, as per Ayurveda useful in many disorders. In yajna, it improves the air's oxygen level.  (iii)  Gomutra (urine) : Eight types of urine are used for medicinal purpose nowada...

Here it goes with my first international Trip to Nepal (well it is international in spite of my Passport not being stamped) courtesy Indo – Nepal friendly relationship. Nepal is a 3 hours flight journey from Mumbai, India. It is located to the North West of India. We went there on an 8 day trip with 3 of my friends – Pareesh Phulkar, Sandeesh Phulkar and Sagar Dhemre. It’s a beautiful place, good scenic place, rich in their culture (especially Hinduism) and rich in natural beauty. It cost me 28,000 to and fro with stay, food and shopping and lots of adventure. It was very easy to get a Nepali visa on arrival. Leaving Mumbai Let me start back from Mumbai where we had a tough time getting Boarding Pass for my friend Pareesh. He didn’t bring his Passport, which is one of the documents required for an Indian to travel to Nepal out of a list of three (Any 1 of the document works) and Pareesh had his Voters Card. However the ground staff refused to give him boarding pass till K...