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The first cow shelter was built during the Indian Mutiny
Sandhya Times
Monday, June 12, 2023
travelogue
Lalit Vats @lalitvats828
Many names like the mythological Kamdhenu cow Kapila, Surabhi, mother of 11 Rudravatars of Shiva, mother of all cows and buffaloes, goddess of milk, food and nutrition. Knowing this importance derived from mythological stories, sages and sages used to rear cows in their ashrams. From there the society also understood its importance. Cows in homes and cowsheds
I had been consulting many places for a long time regarding the observance. Mainly because we had a cow in our house in our village Patoda in Haryana. Like everyone else, childhood days also roam in my heart and mind. So, whenever I got time, I kept reading while visiting the cow sheds, sometimes from inside and sometimes from outside.
The gist of it all is that as soon as the belief that those who serve cows get the same results as the sages and sages grew and the rearing of cows reached homes, there was a need for milk, curd and ghee. Especially because Adi in cow’s milk was considered to keep away diseases. He is not revered like Kamadhenu. After a period of decline in the number of these livestock, some people started leaving them in the open, especially after they were deprived of milk. Have you selfishly forgotten the meaning of service? For this reason, also, Rao Budhishthir, son of Rao Tularam, a fighter of the social workers Nation Shuru and the king of Rewari in Haryana, built a systematic cow shelter there. Before, during and after the War of 1857, the process of building cow shelters continued to increase.
Baba used to live in Shadyanath. There are very big cowsheds there. I also have memories of passing by this cowshed while going to Pari with my grandmother in my teenage years. Recently, through a friend, I came to know about Prakash Baithi, the secretary of the management committee of this cow shelter. I met him and learned the history and present of Kishanganj’s Gaushala.
A chemical and grocery businessman in Katra Pedan of Tilak of Khari Baoli said that this cow shed in Kishanganj has been there since 1843-44. Before that, Saint Baba Shadinath lived under a tree there. He kept three to four cows. After his death, Siddha Baba’s wealthy Prasad Building, Cinema (named after him) bought the place in 1890 and gave the Gaushala a better look. The British used to see all this. He was also surprised at the spirit of service. But he and other officers also needed milk. So, Baba of Kishanganj got permission from the Mughal Raj in 1934 to register the Gaushal. The name was Sunset by the British and the whole of India had to be accepted by the British. Named ‘The Pinjrapole Society (Reg.) in Delhi, during the period of occupation of Delhi, ahead of Meta Bada Hindurao (old DCM meaning animal shed inside the gate).
