Copenhagen: A sculptured cow is on display during the Cow Parade. Danish artists have decorated more than 50 sculptures of real life size cows. AFP
I just wanted to ask whether Hindus also make statues of sacred cows as well? I’ve seen many god statues of monkies, snakes, tigers, etc. in the Hindustani media but never any cow Gods, which I assumed were the most sacred animals in Hindustan!
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are there any in pakistan? arent there quite a few hindus there? or do you have no idea what pakistani hindus worship?
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are there any in pakistan? arent there quite a few hindus there? or do you have no idea what pakistani hindus worship?
I've never met one nor do I know where they live.
The only minorities I was aware of while I was in Pakistan when I was a child were the Ahmedis... people used to tell us kids that they're Christians or something like that.
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oh wow. did u grow up in a village?
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are there any in pakistan? arent there quite a few hindus there? or do you have no idea what pakistani hindus worship?
There are quite a few in Sindh, karachi. But hardly any in Punjab or Sarhad (NWFP). In punjab there are christians, Ahmadies, and Sikh. Sikh mostly live around their holy places for instance, Hasan Abdal, and nankana sahab and few other places
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Even in karachi, they live in their own communities, so you wouldn't really know unless you unless you interact with them or have visited their communities or their places of worship.
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okay, i can see now why pak dragon(i think he's punjabi) is having a hard time grasping the idea of gods vs idols vs statues.
regarding his query: not all statues are idols, not all idols are of gods. idols are only at places of worship and represent gods. idols arent worshipped, gods are. cows arent gods, they are respected creatures. hope that helps.
are there any hindu, christian or sikh guppies from pakistan? or are they usually not too educated?
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Uptil Few days ago, The Chief Justice of Pakistan was a Hindu, Justice Rana Bhagwan das.
Most of the top schools in pakistan are controlled by Christians... Overal they are just the same as other pakistanis, some get educated and other dont, some are well off others are poor
There are hardly few guppies, pakistani resident
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Pakistani Dragon,
each worship has some meaning in Hindusim, in your view it is just animals but the meaning behind them is
Monkey is Hanuman and it reflects Strength, Courage and Power God, when ever you feel scared, people recite Hanuman Chalisa ( 40 sentences of Hanuman ) to get some courage
Nobody worship Tiger in Hinduism it is Narasimha means it is Half Man and Half Tiger, the story behind this there was a Rakseh (devil) name Hiranyakashyap from whose rule people are suffered and they pray to lord Vishnu for Help
Hiranyakashyap has Boon of no animal or god or human can kill him, nether he can be killed on day or night nor inside house or outside house… e.t.c
then Lord Vishnu took incarnation of Narsimha who is half animal and half Human and he killed him
so people worship Lord Vishnu incarnation of Narasimha
as per snakes. as main occupation of most of the indians is Agriculture and snakes play a important role snakes eat rats and other things which harm crops and help the farmers in protecting the crops, and where as snakes can create harm to farmers too, they pray to snakes to protect the crops and protect them
as you know Monkeys, Tigers, Snakes can not be worshipped live they prepare idols and worship them 
where as cow you can worship live so there are no idols for cows
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Pakistani Dragon, each worship has some meaning in Hindusim, in your view it is just animals but the meaning behind them is Monkey is Hanuman and it reflects Strength, Courage and Power God, when ever you feel scared, people recite Hanuman Chalisa ( 40 sentences of Hanuman ) to get some courage Nobody worship Tiger in Hinduism it is Narasimha means it is Half Man and Half Tiger, the story behind this there was a Rakseh (devil) name Hiranyakashyap from whose rule people are suffered and they pray to lord Vishnu for Help Hiranyakashyap has Boon of no animal or god or human can kill him, nether he can be killed on day or night nor inside house or outside house... e.t.c then Lord Vishnu took incarnation of Narsimha who is half animal and half Human and he killed him so people worship Lord Vishnu incarnation of Narasimha as per snakes. as main occupation of most of the indians is Agriculture and snakes play a important role snakes eat rats and other things which harm crops and help the farmers in protecting the crops, and where as snakes can create harm to farmers too, they pray to snakes to protect the crops and protect them as you know Monkeys, Tigers, Snakes can not be worshipped live they prepare idols and worship them :) where as cow you can worship live so there are no idols for cows :) :D
:) cool you know that much,but some correction is need,dude.
first, we DONT make idols of animals to worship them. they are vechicles of other gods and goddesses.
like you will find a statue of a bull in every Siva temple,an idol of Durga on a lion/tiger etc etc because they are their vahans.
we dont make idols of monkeys and worship them,Hanuman is more of a half monkey half human demigod. but not any monkey,plz !!!
the tiger part is correct.
and yes,there is a Nag/snake god,that is worshipped in South India,and a Snake goddess worshiped in east India. i dont know much of the Snake god part,but the goddess is not a "cult" goddess having a reallly huge follower.
but we DONT worship idols of snakes.
and no, we dont worship cows, we just mean them as a sacred gentle animal. yeah,some do offer fruits,garlands blah blah,but nothing serious.
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Not sure if this kind of “higher knowledge” of God and His energy Manifetsted will be easy to grasp for you, but regarding Idol worshipping part-- below is a famous speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda in Chicago a few daceds back.
For info sake Swami Vivekanada is a well known Yogi from Bengal and disciple of Swami Ramkrishna Paramhansa-- Who Himslef realized God and his Nature through devotion of Kali.
Idol Worship and Pantheism
Mind and Matter
Mukthi–the freedom from Bondage
Religion of Vedas
Law of Creation
There are many more Videos in this series and Swami Vivekananda himself have given knowledge about Dharma very well.
One can go through all the videos on . It’s original voice of Vivekananda.
PS:“Path” or “Ritual” or way you follow matters. God Realization should be the ultimate goal for anyone who believes in God.
Btw…Facing towards Saudi Arabia while prayer by Mulsims can also be considered as a ritual which is not commanded directly by God or Through own God Realization.
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Quite Informative answer…:k:
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The bold part please make me understand, your now in a deep problem because you have again made a blunder and passed an absolute statement. This is what i call ignorance at best. I can agree it once but this is become a habit from you.
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the calf of bani isreal
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The bold part please make me understand, your now in a deep problem because you have again made a blunder and passed an absolute statement. This is what i call ignorance at best. I can agree it once but this is become a habit from you.
It was in resposnse to thread starter, who in a way is critical to rituals in Dhrama-- being critical is fair enough I say.
But how you did not understand it....Do you understand how "Ritual" can be defined, if yes then you could easily understand that facing a particular place while prayer, throwing stone on some imaginary Satan etc...all qualifies as rituals.
PS: All religions in the world are a fixed systems and systems comprise of "Rituals". It cannot be avoided.
IMHO--Probably rituals are derived so as to make common people with least knowledge of God consciousness understand through an easy path the God Realization.
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this is completely off topic but i have always feared unintentional offence in making this query but since this thread is making queries about hinduism , i have had a brahmin neighbour for last 8 years and they are fairly religious folks, make pooja every morning and every night but since last year i have noticed a different trend they making laughing noises at the sunset, religiously before their pooja begins and sometimes the wife joins in as well but regularly its just the guy. is this a religious custom or cultural one? no offence intended, i just feel odd about asking this in person. similar reports from another guy with hindu neighbour.so curious.
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you should not feel odd asking a genuine question in person, Indians are patient and polite 
when asked something about their culture/religion.
Regarding your question, there is no such ritual as laughing together on sunset in Hindu Dharma.
I think, in this case it might be something called laughing therapy— a kind of excericise to reduce stress.
I remember this laughing therapy in groups was conducted in our college by one Dr. Madan Kataria. I have attended one session where all students along with teachers laughed together in different ways – apparently as per excercise laughing is without any reason.
The same person from our college is now an international figure in laughing therapy.
Just found a website of him –
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I've been asked questions about Fasting, 5 time prayers, Hijab, even allowance of 4 marriages in Islam and what not by my non-muslim collegues. I was never offended as those queries were intended to satisfy curosity, not to insult my belief or practice.
I had discussions with my hindu friends where I asked them about the rituals and practice of hindu faith and they were never offended.
I think, its the way you ask the questions is the main thing. Your tone and choice of words can make or break things
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Peace All
Just to let you know that there are plenty of “holy” cow statues in India.
http://www.cheshirecat.tv/djworldtrip/archive/nandi.jpg
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Matrubhumi...that voice is not of swami vivekananda in the video. I think this was confirmed by ramakrishna mission itself.
And as far as idol worship goes, upanishads have negative connotations or verses towards idol worship. That much i can say with confidence. Not because it is an insult to some god sitting somewhere, but due to something else.