Dhyan Foundation

Dhyan Foundation

Journey of the Spirit...

Save a Cow

Why the Cow?

Cow is the mother. It is said that before getting a human birth one has to pass through the yoni of a cow. And after leaving the human body, the soul once again enters the body of a cow before treading its journey beyond or below as per individual karma. Whenever a death happens in a house, you will always find a cow or a bull straying around, for this reason only. This is also the reason why offerings are made to the cow for propitiating one's ancestors.

Why the cow? Because cow holds within it the power of Gayatri, the mother. Have you ever noticed the hump of a desi cow? It carries a specific Nadi called the Surya Ketu nadi. This nadi absorbs the frequencies from sun, moon and all the luminaries of Creation. Service to the cow - saving it, nurturing it and protecting its calf - has the effect of transferring this positive frequency to an individual which may then be used for negating imbalances in the body, environment or for upliftment of the soul. On the other hand, killing or harming this being, consuming its meat, has the opposite effect - breeding disease, and paving the way for lower painful births. All religions and cultures of the world, and even modern medicine accepts, that cow beef spells disease in a human.

Cow Protection through History

All through our history, the rulers and role models of this country have protected and nurtured the cow. King Prithu, after whom the earth is called ‘prithvi’, milked a cow, which is the embodiment of earth, to end the famine on the planet and save humanity. Lord Krishna was a Gopal, cow herder. Arjun thought it worthy to risk another 14 years of exile in order to protect the cattle in Viratnagar war. King Nahush had to reimburse the fishermen with a prize equivalent to life of Rishi Chyawan, he did so by gifting them a cow. Chola King Manu Needhi Cholan killed his son Veedhividangan to provide justice to a cow whose calf was killed under the wheels of his son's chariot. Mughal emperors - Akbar (1556 – 1605), Jahangir (1605 – 1627), and Ahmad Shah (1748 – 1754) also imposed restrictive bans on cow slaughter. Sultan of Mysore, Hyder Ali (1761-82), made cow slaughter an offence punishable with the cutting of the hands of the offenders. In the early 19th century, Ranjit Singh, the founder of Sikh empire banned cow slaughter throughout his domain. The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857, banned cow slaughter, forbade the eating of beef and announced the punishment of being blown by canon for anyone killing a cow. The Marathas, who were known for being inclusive and tolerant towards all faiths took extensive steps to inhibit cattle slaughter and dealt severely (even executed in many cases) those who killed cattle. They even set up blockades around Bassein (now Vasai, Maharashtra) in the late 1790s to prevent cow carcasses from being smuggled to butchers in Bombay and Salsette.

The first slaughterhouse in India was built in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1760 by Robert Clive, then Governor of Bengal. It could kill 30,000 animals per day. 7-8 years down the line, the earlier rich & abundant Bengal witnessed the worst famines throughout history where millions of people were killed. Robert Clive became an opium addict and later committed suicide by stabbing himself with a pen knife after being unable to withstand the pain caused by the illness that had resulted from opium addiction. Such is the negativity generated by abusing the cow and bull.

Nurturing, feeding and protecting cows becomes an essential pillar for prosperity and good health.

Birth of 'Save a Cow'

Cow is the favourite of Lord Shiv, it is said that whatever one whispers in the ears of a bull is heard by Lord Shiv and service to cow is given the highest place in the Vedas.

On the night of Shivratri (February 2012), two sadhikas on their way to Dhyan Ashram became witness to a hit and run case - the 'hit' was a three month old calf, and 'run' was an SUV driver who hit it; a pandit who was getting late for puja and a few dozen onlookers. Not one, save these two ladies, stopped to aid the calf. The calf was rushed to a reputed care centre that suggested that Nandi be taken to Hisar for orthopaedic surgery; sadly it was forced out of the hospital even before we could manage to get an appointment with the hospital. Nandi was then brought to Dhyan Foundation Gaushala where after subsequent treatments by a local doctor, it eventually left for a better world. We lost the calf, but not the cause. A pan-India movement was born to save and provide for thousands of its kith and kin.

What we do?

Volunteers and sadhaks at Dhyan Foundation are taking care of nearly 70,000 stray, abandoned, sick, injured, orphaned and rescued cows and bulls throughout the country through,

  • 47 plus shelters: We have gaushalas in nearly every state of India - no milking cows, just bulls and old and infirm cows, all saved from cattle mafia and butchers
  • 24 hour animal emergency helpline and 10 ambulances, our efficiency can be judged from the fact that even the MCD directs rescue calls to us.
  • Plastic removal surgeries: Strays feeding on plastics in garbage dumps is a common knowledge, but what is little known is that these animals have a very complicated digestive system, and with continued ingestion of plastic over a period of time, it gets trapped in their stomachs with no scope for excretion or digestion, turning hard, like cement in their rumens. This is a 'Plastic Cow' and it is sentenced to a slow, gruelling death.
  • Prosthetic limb replacements: An animal that does not stand or move cannot survive, recovery of the accident / trauma struck cattle is top on our priority and we do our best to make them move - through personal care, massages, sling lifting machines and also, prosthetic limb replacements.
  • Water haudis and feeding points for strays, in addition to those nurtured at our shelters.
  • Emergency relief programs for calamity struck cattle. Some examples include Chitradurg (Karnataka, 2019), Rewa (Madhya Pradesh, 2018), Kollegal (Karnataka, 2017), Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh, 2017), Latur (Maharashtra, 2016), Dausa (Rajasthan, 2016 & 2017), Hingonia (Rajasthan, 2016)
  • Animal Awareness Programs in schools, colleges, institutions and MNCs
  • Reflective Neck Belts to prevent stray accidents on roads
  • We produce by hand and promote products made from cattle wastes to make the gaushalas self sustainable under the banner of 'Nandi Products'.

What you can do
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Dhyan Foundation stands with BSF

Dhyan Foundation, as per BSF, is the ‘only’ organization which is rehabilitating and nurturing the cattle saved by them from smugglers at Indo-Bangladesh border. Since November 2018, we have successfully rehabilitated over 50000 BSF rescues, without government or any other help.


If you find an orphaned, injured or sick animal, Call: +91-9999099423 or Email: info@dhyanfoundation.com.
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Dhyan Foundation is registered with the Animal Welfare Board of India (Reg No: ND054/2019)
Dhyan Foundation is a member of State (Delhi) Advisory Board for Animal Welfare.
Dhyan Foundation is a member of Goa Animal Welfare Board.


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