Nepal Celebrates Third Day of Gai Tihar, Worshipping Cows as Goddess Laxmi

In Nepal, third day of the five-day-long Gai Tihar festival is being celebrated throughout the Himalayan Nation. In this festival, Hindus worship cows as Goddess Laxmi, deity of wealth and prosperity. The cow is garlanded and fed various delicacies. People are performing Laxmi and Ganesh puja by lighting butterlamps in their houses and feasting on traditional cuisines as Selroti, anarsa, Lakhamari, jeri, laddu and Kheer.  The sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers are officially banned In...