Bhubaneswar: Shankaracharya of Uttarakhand’s Jyotish Peeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj demands from Odisha government that cow should be removed from the list of animals.
According to ANI after offering prayers at Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar he said, “I have come here as a part of Gau Pratishtha Dhwaj Sthapana Bharat Yatra. Forming laws is the work of the Government, ‘Gau Bhakts’ should serve Gaumata.”
He further said, “(the) Government has placed cows on the list of animals. But in our culture, the cow is not an animal. We consider cows as deities, they are called ‘Mata’.”
“So we want our tradition to be carried forward, remove cows from the list of animals. Once the law comes and people understand that it is not an animal but ‘Mata’, people’s point of view would change,” Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj said as he signed off.
