Re: largest ‘Goshala' coming up near Tirupati - 2,000 cows

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Goshala at Govindapuram, Tamil Nadu
The Goshala was established in 2007 when a set of 30 Cows were brought in to Govindapuram from Dwaraka. Today there are around 300 cows ( Oct2013). They are provided with food, water, shelter and medical facilities.

Dr. Salai Gunalan with about 40 years of experience behind him is the residential veterinarian. Fodder is grown in the adjacent fields, watered by sprinklers. The breeze from the river meets the spray making the atmosphere cool and comfortable for the animals. Each Cow had a dedicated Fan on top of the shelter for cooling! We came to know that it costs Rs 7000 per day to take care of the needs of all the cows and Rs 11000 to safely transport a Cow from Brindavan.

Special drains take the dung to the gobar plant that generates electricity, enough to meet the needs of the shelter. Diluted dung passes into the fields to become manure. Dung is also dried and processed to make holy ash (vibhooti). It is a fulltime job - feeding and bathing the animals, cutting the grass and cleaning the enclosure. Only those who find it a pleasure are engaged in the activities and it shows in the spick and span maintenance.



The temple of Vittal and Rukmini is a replica of the famed Vittala temple at Pandaripur in Maharashtra. The sanctum sanctorum has Vittala with his hands on his hips just like in Pandaripur. However, instead of standing on the legendary brick, Vittala here is on 100 crore “Nama patras” sent by devotees. The Kumbabhisekam waas performedin , 2011. A 132 feet Gopuram is also under anvil. The Gopuram is covered by a 18 feet tall Kalash.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/shelter-for-cows/article2147273.ece

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On Sunday, 1 December 2013 1:47 PM, Jaganathanmadhavan <jaganatha...@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

ISKCON's largest ‘Goshala' coming up near Tirupati

Fifty acres donated by a philanthropist in Rangannagarigadda village

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Its location is just 4 km. from Tirupati-Anantapur stretch of NH 205

Apart from donations in the form of money, people can adopt cows and avail IT exemption

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Full-fledged shelter: Cows being fed at ISKCON's ‘Goshala' on Hare Krishna Road in Tirupati.

TIRUPATI: The country's largest ‘Goshala' in the network of International Society for Krsna consciousness (ISKCON) is coming up 50 km northwest of the temple city of Tirupati.

ISKCON has decided to make use of the 50 acres of land donated by a philanthropist in Rangannagarigadda village of Chinnagottigallu mandal by setting up a state-of-the-art cow protection centre to house a whopping 2000 heads of cattle.

Given the area's contiguity to the Talakona forest, known for its serene ambience and dense foliage, the Goshala is expected to have a lot of grazing fields and lush-green meadows.

Besides, its location just 4 km. from the Tirupati-Anantapur stretch of NH 205 will also address the logistical issues.

The present ‘Goshala' situated behind the ‘Lotus Temple' on Hare Krishna Road was established way back in 1982 with just three cows. It has now grown into a full-fledged facility with 280 animals, half of which are housed at the Akkarampalli branch on the city outskirts.

The ashram has native breeds like Kapila, Ongole, Punganur, Gir etc.

The new ‘Gosala' is expected to prevent the distress sale of aged and handicapped cows to slaughterhouses to give them a ‘decent life at the twilight'.

Apart from using the milk and other byproducts for performing ‘Abhishekam' and making ‘Prasadam', the authorities are also making the most of the cow urine and dung, which are abundant in medicinal properties, by producing drugs to treat cold, allergy, skin diseases, kidney ailments, diabetes, cosmetics etc.

“We gather, filter, boil and use the distilled urine for the medical products”, says Revatiraman Das, head of ISKCON's Tirupati unit.

After the Tirupati centre which provides mid-day meals everyday to 28,000 children of State-run schools, the upcoming facility is also providing free meals to 15,000 children of Piler, Chinnagottigallu and Yerravaripalem mandals.

Apart from donations in the form of money, people can also adopt cows and avail IT exemption.

Details on adoption can be had on 0877-223 0009.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/08/stories/2010090851360200.htm

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