By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Look at the photo taken at Gobind Godham Goshala situated at Gorual in pilgrimage city of Puri on Monday. See how innocent Cows feeling happy with a man unknown to them and known to all in Puri . He is Dr Krishan Kumar, Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, one of the most trusted IAS officer of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Since Cows and Lord Krishna inseparable, Dr Kumar’s visit to a Goshala even during Lord Jagannatha’s Rath Yatra-Bahuda Yatra , has set a new precedent.
SJTA Chief Administrator Dr Kumar , even despite his busy schedules for Bahuda Yatra on Tuesday, he found time to visit Gobind Godham Goshala, in which several senior Servitors of Shree Jagannatha Temple, too also associated with it and lauded the efforts for Bishnu Charan Panda, a dynamic Vedic scholar is life-force behind Gobind Godham Goshala.
“Sri Bishnu Charan Panda, a dynamic Vedic scholar is life-force behind Gobind Godham Goshala situated at Gorual, Puri. It was an absolute delight to be there today morning. More than 300 cows are being taken care here after being rescued from Bada Danda and other areas. #Puri,” SJTA Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar tweeted @Krishan_Kumar09.
“This initiative started in 2013. Many senior Sevaks of @JagannathaDhaam are also associated with it.#JagannathaPuri,” Dr Krishan Kumar tweeted @Krishan_Kumar09. Govinda Godham goshala started its function from the year 2013 but formally inaugurated on Akhyaya trutiya,2014.
In Bharatiya Puranas and Itihasa, the relation between Krishna and Cows has always been put into an inseparable divine entity. His early life starts form in the divine world of Gokula, where Lord Krishna is a cowherd boy in the agricultural community where He loves and keeps huge numbers of cows and calves.
Nanda Maharaja, the foster father of Krishna had 900,000 cows. Scriptures say, Krishna knew every cow by name. If any cow was missing Krishna would immediately chase after the missing cow and call her by name. He used to spend His childhood tending cows and calves while playing in the pasturing grounds with His friends. His example shows the importance of cows to human society, the practical benefits of caring for them, and the advantages of an agrarian economy based on cooperation between man and cows. In other words, the life of Lord Krishna was blessed by the spiritual union of Gau and Gopala.
