I didn’t believe in miracle; but what happened on August 2017 made me reconsider. I was returning from a tiring day’s job, siting in the back seat of a cab, dosing off. I woke up to a phone call from Mr Krishna Bhat from Kasargod, Kerala. He wanted us to save a cow that had just given birth to a calf in a Slaughterhouse near his home. Krishna sounded terrified and helpless as he didn’t know what to do or how to save the cow.

I gave him some hope and told him to talk with the butcher. But, He was not confident to talk with the butcher. I shared my previous experiences and situations which were much worse and gave him tips on how to handle the situation. He gathered up courage and with a lot of positive energy went to the butcher. The butcher was adamant and was not ready to come in terms with Mr Krishna. After 15 minutes of conversation the butcher said that he would only give him the cow for Rs 35,000. Mr. Krishna was sad as he could not afford it. Even Dakshin Vrindavan could not afford it.

I asked Mr Krishna to try to pool in money for the rescue and I also decided to ask my contacts for help. I tried to get some money but nothing seemed to click.. I wanted to somehow save the cow, I drifted off to sleep. It was morning, the next day, and I was all ready for office when I got a call. It was Ms Sathyabhama from Chennai who got our number from the web and had a peculiar request.

She had been to an astrologer who had asked to give a res-cued brown cow as a Dhaan( donation) to a Goshala. I told her that we have a cow that is to be rescued from a slaugh-terhouse in Kasargod but informed her that I was not sure of the colour of the cow. But she wanted to save only a brown cow. I immediately called Mr Krishna to ask him about the colour of the cow. Voila! It was a brown cow. I narrated to him the story and he was also happy.

Ms Sathyabhama paid the money to the butcher and we saved the cow. It was transported to our Gaushala in a pickup truck. The cow was malnourished and weak when it reached our shelter. Cow was under the treatment of our veterinary doctor for the past 6 months and she is hale and healthy.

The cow is adopted by Pushpalatha Harikumar from USA who named her Radha in memory of her Mother. The calf is adopted by Purnima Nair from USA who named her Pancha-mi.

CARE FOR COWS

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THE UNWANTED | MORE CALVES | PADMA’S RECOVERY

SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER | A MUSLIM GO SEVAK

Dakshin Vrindavan inspired by H.G. Kurma Rupa Dasa.

Kurma Rupa Dasa , an adrent cow lover of vrindavan who inspired the founding of Dakshin Vrindavan. He was a foreigner who loved India and its culture and also a adherent devotee of Lord Krishna. He understood the importance of cows and tried to create as much awareness as possible. He stayed in Vrindavan and nurtured a lot of cows that

were abandoned.

DV Trustees:Ashwin S.

Shankar Rama VarmaKanchana Hariharan

Deepak ShankarPrakash Srinivasan

Jaya Parasuram

Ramesh K Varma

DV Staff:Rajesh (Volunteer)

Nazeer, Radhe, Chotelal, Rohit

Editor:Ashwin S., Saikrishnan,

Shankar (Publishing)

Dakshin Vrindavan is a Non Profit charitable Trust registered in India

Dear Friends

Peacefulness is a symptom of sattva guna, the mode of goodness. Cows are by nature peaceful. Man, under favourable circumstances can be peace-ful, but under unfavourable circumstances fails to be. Environment has a great effect on the behaviour of man yet seems to have less of an effect on cows. Anyone who has visited India has seen how a cow can sit in the street amidst hectic traffic and ruminate with half-closed eyes just as serenely as if she was in a remote pasture. Cows are peaceful despite the injustices man has foisted upon them. They are fixed in peacefulness. This past month of heavy summer we saw how our herd tolerated having extreme heat tied up under the tree .Since we are largely affected by our environment; one of the great benefits of cow protection is that their peacefulness wears off on us. Being around cows makes one peaceful, and peacefulness is one of the basic ingredients in the recipe of happiness. Makes you wonder who’s protecting who? There has been a dozen of rescues and we have been busy blissful in Cow protection.

In service ofRajagopala (The guardian of Cows)

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POTRAIT OF THE MONTH

The Unwanted

Manjari upon arival looks happy and contented in Dakshin Vrindavan

We received a call from a man named Sud-hakar who expressed his desire to give a cow away to us. Our staff were naturally inquisi-tive and asked him why he wanted to do that.

He said, “She is dry and cannot give much milk and I cannot afford to keep her as she is

less productive“. Our goshala staff (who are known to have deep affection for cows) in-quired,

“Your mother also cannot give birth now. Would you dump her in the same way as this cow?”

Manjari, adopted by Subha Varma Pathial, enjoys the peace and serenity of its new home.

Sudhakar went silent.

We appreciated that at least Sudhakar didn’t sell his cow for slaughter and was willing to contact us in order to give this cow a good home. When we received the cow we observed she was very composed. When she looked back at Sudhakar leav-ing you could almost hear her saying,

“I gave you my chil-dren’s milk my whole life and was never sad about it. Now you are dumping me

because I am old. I’m thankful you’re giving me to a Gaushala and not to a butcher.”

We fed her a bucket of freshly chopped green grass and some corn husk. Subha

Varma Pathial from the USA has ad-opted her. Subha Varma holds the

record of adopting the most cows in our goshala (she maintains

three cows).

The cows shall never forget this gesture!

Did you Know?A team of researchers from the Nation-al Institutes of Health and the U.S. Depart-ment of agriculture announced that they’d successfully mapped the bovine genome. The results? Cattle have about 22,000 genes, and a whopping 80% of those are shared with

humans

PADMA(Before and After)

Padma, rescued by us from Mangalore, was extremely weak and could barely stand up for few minutes. She was suf-fering from uterine prolapse and was under our care. Its breathtaking to understand what little care can do.

She has been with us for about 3.5 years now and with all the care and the love which we give her along with sumptu-ous food, she is hale and healthy now. A cow’s normal diet consists of Green grass, Hay and husk from grains. But for

weak cows, we add Residue from Oil pressed cakes, Ground nut cakes, till cakes and lots of fresh fruits.

Padma was constantly under the treatment for her disease (Uterine Prolapse). Every month our Veterinary Doctor used to personally supervise her progress. She is recovering and the prolapse frequency has come down and eventually

she was cured. After her recovery she even gave birth to a calf.

We look forward to such rescue operations.

Birth of Yadhugiri

In the month of December 2015 Padma ad-opted by Bhooma Rengachary Kumar was not eating much and almost consumed nothing for two days and was constantly disturbed. We were all worried and the Vet was kept on call as

always. The third day morning Padma quietly isolated herself from the herd and gave birth to a beautiful female calf.!. We are all delighted with the news. This is the first birth in Dakshina Vrindavan . Padma apparently was sired by one

of our bull Balaram. None of us knew she was pregnant until she gave birth.

The calf is adopted by Prakash Srinivasan who named her Yadugiri.

Yadhugiri now is 18 month old.

Balaram, Father of Yadhugiri

Yadhugiri drinking her mother’s(Padma’s) milk. Even today when she is 18 months old, she drinks her mothers milk. Dakshin Vrindavan ensures that calves get full share of mothers milk always.

I didn’t believe in miracle; but what happened on August 2017 made me reconsider. I was returning from a tiring day’s job, siting in the

back seat of a cab, dosing off. I woke up to a phone call from Mr Krishna Bhat from Kasargod, Kerala. He wanted us to save a cow that had

Rescued from slaughter house

Radha upon arrival gets consoled by Narayani Jayasri. Radha was extremely weak and practically one could count her ribs. The only thing which kept her in spirits was her daughter Panchami. Radha lived for Panchami.

just given birth to a calf in a Slaughterhouse near his home. Krishna sounded terrified and helpless as he didn’t know what to do or how to save the cow.

I gave him some hope and told him to talk with the butcher. But, He was not confident to talk with the butcher. I shared my previous experiences and situations which were much

Radha and Panchami enjoying their meal of Fresh Green Grass. Both of them responded very positively for our love and care, and are healthy. There are many such “Radha and Panchami” to be rescued.

worse and gave him tips on how to handle the situation. He gathered up courage and with a lot of positive energy went to the butcher. The butcher was adamant and was not ready to come in terms with Mr Krishna. After 15 minutes of conversation the butcher said that he would only give him the cow for Rs 35,000. Mr. Krishna was sad as he could not afford it. Even Dakshin Vrindavan could not afford it.

I asked Mr Krishna to try to pool in money for the rescue and I also decided to ask my contacts for help. I tried to get some money but nothing seemed to click.. I wanted to somehow save the cow, I drifted off to sleep. It was morning, the next day, and I was all ready for office when I got a call. It was Ms Sathyabhama from Chennai who got our number from the web and had a peculiar request.

She had been to an astrologer who had asked to give a rescued brown cow as a Dhaan( donation)

Love and care forms a vital aspect of healing. Here Kiran spends his time to cuddle and play with Radha and Pancha-mi. Panchami Jumps with joy at the very sight of Kiran. The bond humans need to establish with cows is exactly this.

Panchami adopted by Pournima Nair from USA is one of the charming calves you meet in Dakshin Vrindavan. When she looks at you, She really communicates some-thing!.

to a Goshala. I told her that we have a cow that is to be rescued from a slaughterhouse in Kasargod but informed her that I was not sure

of the colour of the cow. But she wanted to save only a brown cow. I immediately called Mr Krishna to ask him about the colour of the

Panchami playing with a new born calf

Poornima Nair cuddling her adopted calf Panchami

cow. Voila! It was a brown cow. I narrated to him the story and he was also happy.

Ms Sathyabhama paid the money to the butcher and we saved the cow. She was transported to our Gaushala in a pickup truck. The cow was malnourished and weak when she reached our shelter. She was under the treatment of our veterinary doctor for the past 6 months and she is hale and healthy.

The cow is adopted by Pushpalatha Harikumar from USA who named her Radha in memory of her Mother. The calf is adopted by Purnima Nair from USA who named her Panchami.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

The riot of 1857 was spread all over India – Delhi was the centre of it. Each and every street had become a mortuary. There was blood shed everywhere. The rioters had lost discrimination between good and bad. I was the chief of the Muslim rioters.

At the end of a long day of looting and killing I was exhausted and hungry. Our pockets and bags were full of money but the markets were deserted out of fear of the riots, and all the houses were locked.

We gathered in an empty courtyard and my men went out to search for food. Soon four of my men returned pulling a chubby cow behind them. Tears were falling from her eyes. I didn’t know how that poor one fell in the claws of those hungry wolves. One of them had tied his turban around her neck and before I could say anything they tied the legs of that crying cow and threw her down on the ground. Who would save a dumb cow from the hands of the Muslims in the middle of that riot?

The cow was tired. Tears were falling from her eyes and I was agitated out of hunger. My body was weak. It is against my religion to consider the cow holy and to serve her. But seeing that innocent cow surrounded by those cruel wolves who were sharpening their knives and about to

kill her, I felt pity on her. The cow was frightened and pregnant, and seeing her I remembered my pregnant wife, and I began to shiver.

I stood up with courage and said to my friends, “Can’t you see that out of hunger I’m about to die, and you fools are not yet able to provide me food. All of you immediately go and collect wood

and salt and I will take care of this.” As

soon as my friends left I took the knife which was meant for killing the poor cow, cut her loose, and patted her back. At first she couldn’t stand up, unable to believe this behaviour from me. I stroked her again and she stood up, stretched herself and swished her tail. At that moment she glanced at me in such a way

True life incidentDiary of a Muslim Go Sevak

Courtesy : Gita press Ghorakpur

Nandini adopted by Mohanachandran

as if telling me “You will be rewarded for your kindness”. She then left, quickly disappearing out of sight.

When my friends returned I was lying on the ground, as if unconscious from hunger. They shook me and asked about the cow. I pretended that I had no idea what had happened. Having no energy to pursue her, they made some chapatis and ate them instead. When the riots came to an end I was caught by the authorities and sentenced to death by hanging. Hundreds of people gathered outside the jail to watch the event as I was brought up to the gallows. A red hood was pulled over my

eyes, and everything went dark. A noose was then secured around my neck. My throat was dry. Within moments the floor opened beneath me and I fell to what I thought would be my death.

Suspended mid-air, almost unconscious from fear, I struggled to regain my senses as I realized I was not in fact dead, nor dying, but somehow my feet were being supported upon what seemed to be two sharp horns. The noose around my neck miraculously remained slack. Thinking me dead I was brought out from under the platform. Seeing me in fact alive, the doctor was shocked and moved back in astonishment.

Lakshmi adopted by Dhanalakshmi C. K.

According to the law at that time, I was hung thrice, and every time two horns caught my fall. As the noose of the gallows was unable to take my life even after three attempts, the court set me free. I came out of the jail with my relatives and there I saw a cow. She looked at me with her cooling eyes, then turned and walked away, followed by her calf. Immediately I remembered the pregnant cow I had saved during the riot in Delhi. That cow had looked at me in the same way when I had released her.

In my religion serving forms is considered a sin – but I bowed down to that cow who I believe had saved my life.

Since that time I consider serving cows my duty, and I will continue to serve cows till the end of my life. I put the dust of the cow’s feet on my head, and then I go to do namaj.

Rukmini adopted by Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh

“If one delivers a cow from a dangerous situation, from being stuck in mud or from being attacked by someone, one attains the result of performing lots of penance. If one treats a sick cow with medicine, one can become cured of his own sickness. By protecting the cow from fear, one also becomes fearless. One should treat the cow with great respect.”

-Vishnu Dharmottara Purana Part 3, Chapter 291

Nallama adopted by Subhash Nambiar was rescued by us from a slaughter house near Madurai. She was rescued minutes before slaughter. She mated with one of our bulls and gave birth to a handsome male calf.

Pournima Nair have already adopted a calf by name Panchami and is maintaining her for about past one year. She was doing her studies at that time. She prayed to the supreme lord that if she gets a job she would adopt the next born calf of Dakshin Vrindavan. And supreme lord just sanctioned it!. As promised by Pournima, She has adopted the new born and

named her Sudama.

Calves give life to Gaushalas. In commercial dairy calves are separated from the mother and often slaughtered if its male calf. In Gau Sadan like DV, calves are always near their mothers and we never milk the cows, whatsoever. The emotional bond between the mother and calf is a predominant factor in emanating peace and happiness in the surroundings and other cows.

A new calf born at DV

Sudhama

Nallamma nurses her calf Sudama.

There can’t be a better sight than a peacefull fearless calf sitting and ruminating.

Portrait of Sudama

Aarati PrasannaAbhijit Shrikrishn

Anagha KrishnamoorthyAnugna NalluriArchana Nair

AshwinAshwin Mohan

Ashwin Satish MenonBalaji K Ramanujam

Balaji SrinivasanBhooma Rengachary

Charlotte GerradDeepak HariharanDeepak ShankarDhanalakshmi Ck

Dhyan FoundationDileep Krishnan

Dr GeethaDr Prasnn

Dr RengarajanDr Sreeja Pillai

Gayatri GhanakotaGirish Sripathi

Gomatum SrinivasanHariharan

Harindra MohanHarish Ts

Jaya ParasuramJayakrishanan

Jayanthi SanthoshKalyana Krishnan

Karithikeyan SethuramanKarthik Panchapakesan

Kartik IyerKavita Balaji

Krishna Ghanakota Krishna Kossery

Krishna NarayanaKrishnan Cheruserry

Krishnan SMaithri Nandakumar

Mala KrishnanManikantan Venkiteswaran

Mohanachandran NairNarayani Jayasree DeviNavaneetha Krishnan

NithyaPadmasini

Poornima NairPrakash Srinivasan

Pramod Dental ClinicPrasanna Kesavan

Priya TsPushapalatha Harikumar

R Anantha NarayananRaj Nambiar

RajaramRajesh VanpratiRamesh Gowda

RamyaRavi Garg

Ravilochan IyengerRegunathan Srinivasan

Rejitha MenonSandhya Srihari

Sandhya SrinivasanSanjay Dabas

SanthiSanthosh KovilakathSantosh Kovilakath

Satish Kumar GrandhiShankar PrasadShante Kanag

Shanti RShobha Sridhar

SivaramanSri Ranagaswami IyengarSridhar Kalyanasundaram

Sridhar KrishSrihari Raghavan

Srimathi SheshadriSrinivas Kumar

SrivatsanSubhash Nambiar

Sudakshna ThampiSudhamayi Devi Dasi

Sumtira SriramSundar Ram

Thirumalai VenkateshThuppul KrishnanVandana KumarVandana Mittal

Varadarajan ReganathanVasudevan Namboothiri

Vasundhara DeepakVignesh

VijayVijayalakshmiVk Narayanan

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Our cows are ever grateful to

The cows send their heart-felt thanks to those who assisted during Feb/Mar 2017

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