Bhakta Jana Vatsale!
Vatsala. A common name for girl children in India. Bhaktavatsalan. The name of Lord Sriman Narayana. Many slokas, songs, and archanai have this word. What does it mean? Why should I, a volunteer at Azhagiyamanavalan Aa Nirai Koodam, a cow-shelter … find this word interesting?
Please enjoy this video shot on our premises. It shows how a cow showers affection on a lonely calf.
The bonds and connections humans make with the cows are unique; very unique. If you ask us, that relationship is special and can’t be equated with any other relationship in the World. Whenever our team visits villages to propagate the Dharma of saving & serving cows, we do get to hear a lot of such stories of connections & bonding on man-cow relationships.
“What comes to your mind when you hear the name “Lakshmanan”? Bold, Brave, Beautiful, Devoted figure? Our resident Bull Lakshmanan is full of these qualities and hence we named him so. Lakshmanan was hit by a heavy vehicle and got wounded near the Tollgate area in Tiruchirappalli District. He got badly injured in his legs and reached our Srirangam cow care centre the next day of his injury.
It has been 3 years since we started serving the needy cows. Clearly, we became the ‘Go to guys’ (pun intended) for injured cows in this area. This is true at least in Tiruchirappalli district where we have set up our cow care centers. We hardly get to deal with people who buy/sell cows, since our focus is only on non-milking & injured ones.
Kumudhavalli ! Evlo Azhagaana paeru illa ? The image shows our team of volunteers dressing the wounded calf “Kumudhavalli”. She met with a road accident while trying to cross the road looking out for a greener pasutre on the other side of the road and got a severe injury on her left hind leg. After few weeks of medical care at our goshala in Srirangam, she completely recovered and was given for adoption.
The Inspiring story of “Kamalavalli”: As a cow care rehabilitation center in Trichy, Vedics Foundation closely works with Veterinary hospitals, animal activists & Honorary Animal Welfare Board Officers in the region. One such officer in Trichy, who is well known for his decade-long work in this field of caring for animals, rescued this beautiful little calf in the picture who was wounded in a road accident.
We are sharing our experience through Facebook Posts.
Cows & Calves shouldn’t get killed for satisfying someone’s taste buds. Even if they die, we should properly bury them and let them serve eternally at the lotus feet of Sri Ranganatha. Let Dharma prevail ! Here is a snippet from our field volunteer.
It has always been our wish to see a recovered cow happily walking back to her place from our Goshala. The wish came true one day. Read along our update below in our facebook page.
We would like to share one of our saddest rescue stories with you.
