Desi Cow History in India
- Service to cow (Go-Seva) is given the highest place in the Vedas and Cow is treated as ‘mother’. As this helps to protect biodiversity, soil and health.
- Everything cow produces help in:
- Milk as Dairy Products
- Cow urine, dung to prepare manure, jeevamrutham & pest control
- Medicines like Panchagavya
- Ghee in Yagnas
- Out of 60 Indigenous desi cows, only 37 varieties of cows exist in India.
- Some precious varieties are Gir, Ongole, Punganuru, Motu, Red Sindhi, Kosali, Shahiwal, Kankarej, Kangyam, Siri etc.
- Protecting cow helps biodiversity and natural farming. i.e protects mother earth and all beings too.
- Some precious varieties are Gir, Ongole, Punganuru, Motu, Red Sindhi, Kosali, Shahiwal, Kankarej, Kangyam, Siri etc.
- Protecting cow helps biodiversity and natural farming. i.e protects mother earth and all beings too.
Organic Farming & Cow
Problems
- Farmer suicides and Soil death: Farmers are driven by fertilizer/pesticide companies causing financial losses, loosing sustainability and fertility of lands.
- Causing many farmers leaving their occupation. Many lands becoming dry and unused.
- Many farmers are selling Desi cows, which are going to 36,000 slaughter houses within India.
- Lot of chemicals in our food plate with out our knowledge.
- Europe/US stopped food imports from India because of poison traces.
Solutions
- Manavata Goshala helping training and practice of natural farming. And to supply the ‘Jeevamrutham’ initially for some farmers.
- Zero budget Natural Farming without using Chemicals/Pesticides.
- One Desi Cow can farm nearly 30 acres.
- Desi Cow Almost extinct. Now India is world largest producer of milk. But in next 10 years we may have to import milk if desi cow is not protected.
- Cow dung and Urine helps farming, which is much precious than milk production.
Goshala in Manavata University
- Manavata objective is to ensure comfortable living conditions to Cows by providing shelter, organic grass feed etc.
- Cows and their Calves are not separated after birth, live together in an open air farm.
- Special care of the calves is taken to maintain a steady growth. The dry, green grass and dhana (Cow Feed) which is a powder like material made from a combination of various pulses are fed to the cows every day.
- Regular check-up by the veterinary doctor.
- Increase the use of Desi cows in Spiritual/organic farming, train Farmers in natural farming and encourage to have cow at each farmer’s family.
- Currently Manavata Goshala having 35 Cows.
| Number | Donation Options | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Standing Order – £1 per person in a 5 members’ family per month | £5 |
| 2 | Adopt a Cow for a Day | £2 |
| 3 | Adopt a Cow and Calf for a Day | £3 |
| 4 | Adopt 10 cows for special days like Birthday | £20 |
| 5 | Adopt a Cow for a month | £30 |
| 6 | Adopt a Cow for 6 months | £50 |
| 7 | Adopt a Cow for a year | £118 |
| 8 | GoDanam | £200+ |
| 9 | Donation to Corpus Fund | Any Amount |