Hindu & Vedic · Nov 10

Govardhan Puja (Annakut)

Celebrates Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan on his little finger to shelter the people of Vrindavan from Indra’s wrathful deluge. Mountains of food (Annakut) are offered to the deity. In esoteric reading, Krishna’s act represents the individual soul’s ability to transcend even the king of gods through pure devotion. The mountain itself is worshipped as a living deity (Giriraj), embodying the idea that the divine inhabits natural forms.

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