Lord Krishna descended to Earth 5,000 years ago and grew up as a cowherd boy in Vrindavan which was also called as “Goloka”(Cow Planet). During this time Lord Krishna spent most of his time with Cows and treated them with utmost love and care. He showed the human kind the importance of Cows and the need to treat them with love. Lord Krishna is known as Gopala, the protector of the Cows and Govinda, the one who gives pleasure to the Cows. He showed that the Cows were to be considered more auspicious than demigods and directed the villagers to worship cows along with the Govardhan hill which provided all the resources such as grass for the cows to graze. Angered by this change, the God of rain, Indra, reacted with heavy rain and thunderstorm in an act to punish the villagers to worship him and not the hill or the cows. Lord Krishna, in return, lifted the Govardhana Hill with his little finger and held it as an umbrella, thereby providing shelter to all the residents of the village including all the cows. Indra having his ego humbled by the Lord, descended to earth and worshiped Lord Krishna and sought his mercy.