of boiled rice; a festival of the Hindus in the month of
November when they make a pile of boiled rice as a type
of the hill Govardhana in Vraja, near Mathurā, upheld by
Kṛṣṇa for the shelter of the milkmaids. It is called also
Govardhanapūjā and observed especially by cowherds. E.
annakūṭa and yātrā.