Bahula Chaturthi 2023: Date, Time, Katha, and Importance
Bahula Chaturthi 2023 or Bol Choth is one of India’s cultural holidays during which the farming population, mainly women, worship cattle. During the month of Shravana, practically all of India celebrates the Bahula Chaturthi celebration. Gujarat is the state where this holy holiday is most widely observed. Both calves and cows are revered in Hindu faith. Cow worship on the day of Bahula Chaturthi brings good fortune to those who practise it. According to the Hindu calendar for 2023, Bahula Chaturthi is celebrated on Shravana Krishna Chaturthi.
Because only calves have the privilege to drink cow milk, all devotees abstain from drinking any type of milk or milk product. Devotees worship Lord Krishna’s idols or pictures, known as Suabhis, which represent his affinity with cows. On this day, all adherents of the farming community get up early, clean the sheds, and bathe the animals. A number of rice-based recipes are also prepared in order to feed the cattle.
Bahula Chaturthi Date 2023
Sunday, 03 September 2023
Story Behind Bahula Chaturthi
There is a specific reason for celebrating Bahula Chaturthi and observing a Bahula Chaturthi Vrat. In Gujarat, the Bahula Chaturthi Vrat Katha is very important.
There was a cow named Bahula who was returning home to nurse her calf. She encountered a lion on her way home. Bahula was terrified, but she summoned the bravery to tell the lion that she needed to feed her calf. Bahula begged the lion to let her go, promising that once she fed the calf, she would return and he could have her. The lion let her go and waited for her to return.
The Lion was shocked when Bahula returned after feeding her calf. He was astounded and inspired by the cow’s devotion to her young, so he let her free and let her leave.
Even the lion’s physical might, fury, and passion had to stoop in front of the cow’s care and love for her calf. Since that time, worshippers have celebrated Bahula Chaturthi by sacrificing cow’s milk and saving it for the calves solely. It is a sort of worship that people undertake in order to obtain the deity’s blessings.
