In Srimadh Bhagavatham, kali is supposed to be destroying Gho matha who is the very embodiment of mother earth and dharma. That is what we see here.
India’s freedom struggle was invariable tied with protection of Gho matha. I think time has come for a second Freedom struggle – one again for Gho Samrakshana – I think these kinds of petitions will give a good support. My few cents on this issue.
1) The slaughter houses run their business by paying something like say Rs.8500 – Rs.10,000 per native cow to poor farmers.
2) If there could be established even one gho shala and positive petitions for saving cows are spread and more voluteers gathered, we could pay those poor farmers something like Rs.12,000 – Rs.14,000 and get a cow – there by they would be inclined to sell to Gho shalas for more money than slaughter houses.
3) Once this process is in place, the slaughter house business will be dull and verily they will think of closing down their business and moving away to other activities.
“Solluvadhu yellarkkum elidhaam arithaam solliya vannam seyal” – it is easier said than done. The slaughter house business is run by mafia and there have been news that with the hand twisting from some political person – these businesses threaten and drive away or steal the cows from gho shalaas over night.
Even in recent Olakkudi cows case, there was a local politican who took money from the slaughter house people and tried his most to send the cows to slaughter house. But Mahaswamy’s karunai protected the cows at the right time with right people like Shri Bala and Shri Karthikeyan.
Even shrimathi Sadhana Rao, a very sincere Mahaperiyavaa devotee, who runs a similar Ghoshala in Neelangarai to save cows is facing several threats from theives who threaten her with her life for taking away the cows that she saves at the Chennai Andhra border. She is so afraid to that she wants to transfer the cows to other gho shalas in the cover of night, lest the mafias should create any problem.
Hence, praying Mahaswamy, there should be sustained efforts in this direction, and we must also enlist the support from other Hindu fronts like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Munnani, ISKCON people, Vivekanda Kendra people, RK Mission people, and Gosevakas to garner more support to face these mafias. Lets pray that the govt. also takes care in helping these gho shalas and providing protection from these mafias.
Lastly, I feel that we ourselves are culprits in these kinds of evils developing in the society. Today’s real estate boom has made the pasture land totally not available for the cattle. Man’s greed knows no bound today, NRIs and even locals are now bent on getting 3+ houses for themselves not even thinking of the ecological disaster this will create. Mandavelis or Pasture lands, agricultural lands are now getting turned to real estate plots. NRIs should first lead this change as they only started this problem, the locals will follow them, what I feel that they need to do on a war footing:
1) They should buy more land and provide them as pasture land for gho shalas.
2) This land should have a small hillock and have sufficient vegetation for the cows to graze.
3) close to 30 acres is good for having a gho shala with 200 – 250 cows.
4) get some devoted gho sevakas to help in getting native breed cows – whose maintenance is low.
5) The hillock will provide enough vegetation as well as help in rejuvinating the ground water.
6) large tracts of land could still be got at reasonable price at remote places in Tamilnadu for this purpose.
7) This will generate employment too for the locals there, hence they will also be more willing to help.
8) with NRIs driving the change, the locals will also follow on this revenue model from gho shalas.
These kinds of farms require some 4 – 5 cow heard people who could be unskilled labours.
The investment is also lesser and the cows will multiply quite fast and new cows will be born after some 2 years itself.
ROI will be great with all the products from native cows ( which I have mentioned in an earlier comment in the olakkudi cow’s current status).
Provide employment to those who are displaced from the slaughter house business.
This way, they can even mitigate their papa for leaving India or not praying their ancestors rightly – for Dharma shastras say, providing pasture land, giving grass to cows, providing water to cows, even planting a stone for the cows to scratch their backs will rid the sin or crossing sea or not performing shraddha to their ancestors. ( remember this is just a remedy for things done unknowingly and as a repentance. Its not a ready made excuse for not doing shraddha with full knowledge ).
In this way, both we are saving Gho matha as well as bringing a change of heart and helping the guys working in slaughter house to turn to gho samrakshana and getting rid of their papam also. The slaughter house employee will also not complain of loss of job.
Seeking the grace of Mahaswamy in making the Gho Samrakshana a great sucees.
Thanks and regards,
Vijay Parthasarathy
India’s freedom struggle was invariable tied with protection of Gho matha. I think time has come for a second Freedom struggle – one again for Gho Samrakshana – I think these kinds of petitions will give a good support. My few cents on this issue.
1) The slaughter houses run their business by paying something like say Rs.8500 – Rs.10,000 per native cow to poor farmers.
2) If there could be established even one gho shala and positive petitions for saving cows are spread and more voluteers gathered, we could pay those poor farmers something like Rs.12,000 – Rs.14,000 and get a cow – there by they would be inclined to sell to Gho shalas for more money than slaughter houses.
3) Once this process is in place, the slaughter house business will be dull and verily they will think of closing down their business and moving away to other activities.
“Solluvadhu yellarkkum elidhaam arithaam solliya vannam seyal” – it is easier said than done. The slaughter house business is run by mafia and there have been news that with the hand twisting from some political person – these businesses threaten and drive away or steal the cows from gho shalaas over night.
Even in recent Olakkudi cows case, there was a local politican who took money from the slaughter house people and tried his most to send the cows to slaughter house. But Mahaswamy’s karunai protected the cows at the right time with right people like Shri Bala and Shri Karthikeyan.
Even shrimathi Sadhana Rao, a very sincere Mahaperiyavaa devotee, who runs a similar Ghoshala in Neelangarai to save cows is facing several threats from theives who threaten her with her life for taking away the cows that she saves at the Chennai Andhra border. She is so afraid to that she wants to transfer the cows to other gho shalas in the cover of night, lest the mafias should create any problem.
Hence, praying Mahaswamy, there should be sustained efforts in this direction, and we must also enlist the support from other Hindu fronts like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Munnani, ISKCON people, Vivekanda Kendra people, RK Mission people, and Gosevakas to garner more support to face these mafias. Lets pray that the govt. also takes care in helping these gho shalas and providing protection from these mafias.
Lastly, I feel that we ourselves are culprits in these kinds of evils developing in the society. Today’s real estate boom has made the pasture land totally not available for the cattle. Man’s greed knows no bound today, NRIs and even locals are now bent on getting 3+ houses for themselves not even thinking of the ecological disaster this will create. Mandavelis or Pasture lands, agricultural lands are now getting turned to real estate plots. NRIs should first lead this change as they only started this problem, the locals will follow them, what I feel that they need to do on a war footing:
1) They should buy more land and provide them as pasture land for gho shalas.
2) This land should have a small hillock and have sufficient vegetation for the cows to graze.
3) close to 30 acres is good for having a gho shala with 200 – 250 cows.
4) get some devoted gho sevakas to help in getting native breed cows – whose maintenance is low.
5) The hillock will provide enough vegetation as well as help in rejuvinating the ground water.
6) large tracts of land could still be got at reasonable price at remote places in Tamilnadu for this purpose.
7) This will generate employment too for the locals there, hence they will also be more willing to help.
8) with NRIs driving the change, the locals will also follow on this revenue model from gho shalas.
These kinds of farms require some 4 – 5 cow heard people who could be unskilled labours.
The investment is also lesser and the cows will multiply quite fast and new cows will be born after some 2 years itself.
ROI will be great with all the products from native cows ( which I have mentioned in an earlier comment in the olakkudi cow’s current status).
Provide employment to those who are displaced from the slaughter house business.
This way, they can even mitigate their papa for leaving India or not praying their ancestors rightly – for Dharma shastras say, providing pasture land, giving grass to cows, providing water to cows, even planting a stone for the cows to scratch their backs will rid the sin or crossing sea or not performing shraddha to their ancestors. ( remember this is just a remedy for things done unknowingly and as a repentance. Its not a ready made excuse for not doing shraddha with full knowledge ).
In this way, both we are saving Gho matha as well as bringing a change of heart and helping the guys working in slaughter house to turn to gho samrakshana and getting rid of their papam also. The slaughter house employee will also not complain of loss of job.
Seeking the grace of Mahaswamy in making the Gho Samrakshana a great sucees.
Thanks and regards,
Vijay Parthasarathy
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