‘Gou-Pratishtha Mahayajnya’ begins at Maha Kumbha Mela

Prayagraj, 18th January – ‘Gou-Pratishtha Mahayajnya’ was started on behalf of  Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand of Badrikashram Jyotirmath in Himalaya. ‘Shri Ganesh Yag’ was also performed. Oblations were offered to Deities through ‘Gou-Pratishtha Mahayajnya’ to remove the blemish on Bharatmata developed due to cow-slaughtering; to absolve every Hindu of the sin of cow-slaughtering; for ‘Goumata’ getting the status of ‘Rashtramata’; for Hindus to acquire spiritual power to protect cows, etc.