A shop front is decorated for Valentine's Day in Dharmsala, India, in this February 13, 2022 file photo. Ashwini Bhatia/AP New Delhi — It is Valentine's Day in India after all.

Indeed, so revered are the animals that authorities had planned to rebrand this Valentine’s Day as “Cow Hug Day”, hoping the move would both boost citizens’ “emotional richness” and ...

India's government called off "Cow Hug Day" that was meant to replace the Valentine's Day holiday. The government said Valentine's Day goes against traditional Indian values.

India wants to make Valentine’s Day ‘hug a cow day’ Government body says ‘western culture is leading to the near extinction of Vedic traditions’ ...

St Valentine and the holy cow Jawed Naqvi Published February 14, 2023 . 0. The writer is Dawn’s correspondent in Delhi. Join our Whatsapp channel.

Cow Cuddling program held almost 800 cow-cuddling sessions in its first year of operation, ... Valentine’s Date Night takes place at Mary’s Land Farm at 4979 Sheppard Lane in Ellicott City, ...

India tried to rebrand Valentine’s Day as ‘Cow Hug Day.’ Here’s how it backfired By Rhea Mogul, CNN 4 minute read Updated 3:18 AM EST, Sun February 12, 2023 ...

The declaration of February 14 as “Cow Hug Day,” had come in a statement Monday from the Animal Welfare Board of India, which called cows the “backbone of Indian culture and rural economy.” ...