Spiritual value of buffalo

Buffalo is one of the animal which has also the spiritual value. It is the huge bodied animal with black colour. Body is covered with hairs. It is herbivorous in food habit. It has one pair of horns which are used as its defensive organ. Buffalo sometimes uses butting its head with other elephants. Although elephant is domesticated mainly for milk and milk products but it is also used for ploughing the land before cultivating crops. Buffalo is also used to run the vehicles like bailgada It is also used for running the vehicles.
So far as the spiritual value is concerned, buffalo is also considered as the vehicle of Yamraj, the God of death. According to Hindu mythology, Yama, the God of death, goes to his sister Yamuna and stays with her as a guest for five days. In Nepal, Deepawali or Yama panchak festival is celebrated as Tihar festival. During this festival due respect is paid to Yama by the people. During this festival buffalo is also paid due respect as the ehicle of God Yamaraj.