Should cow be a symbol of the Hindu nation?

The cow is but a drought animal and so a milch symbol of the Hindu nation. By no means should it be considered its emblem. The object of worship should be greater than its worshiper. Likewise, a national-emblem should evoke the nation’s exemplary-valor, brilliance, aspirations and make its people aspire to be super-humans. The cow is exploited and eaten at will, is an appropriate symbol of our present-day weakness. But at least the Hindu nation of tomorrow should not have such a pitiable symbol.

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This is why when the committee was deciding on the national flag, Savarkar sent his suggestions to them. In that letter he wrote that, the wheel or chakra of the charkha which is used to hand-spin cloth signified weakness. Instead, it should be replaced with the Ashoka Chakra. The Ashoka's Chakra is a modification of the Dharma Chakra which signifies the change in duality of nature-- calamity and prosperity.

The symbol of Hindutva is not the cow but the man-lion.*
The qualities of god permeate into his worshiper. Whilst considering the cow to be divine and worshiping her, the entire Hindu nation became docile like the cow. It started eating grass. If we are to now found our nation on the basis of an animal, let that animal be the lion. Using its sharp claws in one leap, the lion fatally knocks and wounds the heads of wild mammoths. We need to worship such a Nrsinha. That and not the cow’s hooves, is the mark of Hindutva.

* Nrsinha, sometimes also spelled as Narsimha, He is the fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is a able-bodied man with the handsome face of a lion.