Mataji Gaushala - a unit of Maan Mandir Seva Sansthan Barsana, started in 2007 with just 2 cows and now it is home to over 40 000 cows and growing. COW in Indian tradition is addressed as MATA, i.e. MOTHER...thus the main objective of creating this facility is to let Mother Cow, "GAU MATA" - live naturally and thus protect her from slaughtering...
Shri Mataji Gaushala, Barsana - ia a project unde
r the shelter of His Holiness Shri Ramesh Baba Ji Maharaj from Shri Maan Mandir, Gahvarvan, who has taken up a herculean task of bringing back the glories of Braj Bhoomi by initiating many works of great importance like Forest conservation, Ponds restoration, Yamuna cleaning and most importantly COW PROTECTION, saving the cows from slaughtering...
“Prosperity looks for a place where cows walks fearlessly”. Mother cow is so sacred that all demi gods choose to refuge in one or the other part of Its body. Krishna Himself worships and serves her. When Krishna was in braj, all the brajvasis used to keep, worship and serve the cows. Because of this service, streams of milk, yogurt, butter and butter milk (Chhachh) used to flow out of every home and every body used to be prosperous. Present situation is totally opposite of it. Few have that respect for cows any more because of degrading cultural values, lose of respect for Braj tradition and poor financial situation. Even Goshala owners find it hard to run such institutions. Since there is limited area for cows to graze, cows are going hungry and no milk is being produced. The cow owners are therefore forced to let them go for free or sell their cows to butchers for the skin. Essentially, a cow is being sold for 2,000 rupees to a butcher, who in return sells the cow’s skin for 10,000 rupees. Restoring the Hills for pasture and building Gaushalas will feed the cows, a reason not to kill them for food. Healthier cows will enable cow based economy. Taking on this unfortunate situation, Maan Mandir Sewa Sansthan has started Mata Ji Gaushala with a vision of bringing the glory and majesty of mother cow back to its original form as it used to be in Krishna’s time. By the grace of Shriji, the Mataji Gaushala Project is becoming a very impressive project. The Gaushala is not only taking care of sick, abandoned cows, but is also helping the environment, and striving to provide many resources to the surrounding community. Currently there are six sheds which house 72 cows each. The seventh one is under construction. Other projects under construction include offices for the veterinarian, an animal hospital, apartments for the cow herders and visitors, a lab to process cow urine, access roads, and the purchasing of two heavy duty vehicles for the transportation of cows. A cow manure gas plant has been constructed. This plant utilizes cow manure and converts it into gas which can be used for cooking by the local community. The excess cow manure is also being utilized to create compost soil which is four times more fertile than regular soil. This soil will is given to the local farmers to use on their land.
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