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Cows To Be Decorated At Beatle Harrison – Donated Temple In UK
Former Beatle George Harrison-donated Bhaktivedantra Manor Temple in England, dress a herd of cows in multi-colored decorations to celebrate Lord Sri Krishna’s Janmashtami. Children’s faces are painted blue like Lord Sri Krishna by volunteers to help them get into the festive spirit. Claimed to be largest festival of its kind outside India and attract over 70,000 pilgrims and experience a glimpse into the mystic East, with a magnificent shrine, colorful costumes, enchanting music, beautiful exhibitions, meditation and exotic food set in a picturesque setting. It include dramas, cultural dances, and musical extravaganzas on the main stage, besides a dedicated children’s tent and illuminated displays of Sri Krishna’s pastimes. Pilgrims are served with free prasadam (sacred vegetarian food).
Harrison is said to have once chanted ‘Hare Sri Krishna’ mantra for 17 hours non-stop on a car journey from France to Portugal. In 1970, Harrison produced the Sri RadhaKrishna Temple album with the devotees, a track from which featured in the top ten record sales in that year. Just before Srila Prabhupada, founder of Hare Sri Krishnas, died in 1977, he is said to have removed the ring on his right hand and said to the disciples around him, ‘This is for George, give it to him’. Harrison donated the manor building and estate in 1973. This Hindu temple, one of ISKCON’s (International Society for Sri Krishna Consciousness) most prestigious, is located in Aldenham near Watford in borough of Hertsmere and county of Hertfordshire in East of England (United Kingdom). Besides a temple, it also runs a College of Vedic Studies, primary school, and pre-school. It has organized a farm based on “traditional principles” and runs a Goshala with reportedly 46 cows and oxen basing on “symbiotic relationship between men and cows” and has recently completed its ‘New Gokul’ complex, claimed to be Europe’s largest cow protection project.
Cruelty to Animals May Invite Rs 1cr Fine
Be cruel to your pet or any other animal at your own peril. For, an offender could end up paying up to Rs 1 crore as fine or be jailed for up to five years.
The environment and forests ministry has proposed this hefty fine in its Animal Welfare Bill, 2011. For institutions or companies that show cruelty towards animals, the penalty would be Rs 25 crore.
The proposed bill empowers the Centre to fix fines and penalties based on the severity of offence. It aims to regulate welfare of pets and animals used in performances and for scientific experiments.
It would be construed as an offence if you don’t take reasonable steps to ensure that the pet gets a suitable environment and diet, protection from pain, suffering and diseases.
If any person beats, kicks, overrides, overdrives, overloads, tortures or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering or permits such cruelty he or she would be liable for penalty under the act when and if passed by the Parliament, says the provisions in the proposed legislation.
The environment and forests ministry has proposed this hefty fine in its Animal Welfare Bill, 2011. For institutions or companies that show cruelty towards animals, the penalty would be Rs 25 crore.
The proposed bill empowers the Centre to fix fines and penalties based on the severity of offence. It aims to regulate welfare of pets and animals used in performances and for scientific experiments.
It would be construed as an offence if you don’t take reasonable steps to ensure that the pet gets a suitable environment and diet, protection from pain, suffering and diseases.
If any person beats, kicks, overrides, overdrives, overloads, tortures or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering or permits such cruelty he or she would be liable for penalty under the act when and if passed by the Parliament, says the provisions in the proposed legislation.
Cow Dung Cakes In Market
DON’T be surprised to find packaged cow dung cakes sitting pretty with toiletries and groceries at retail store here. After cow urine or gau mutra, packaged cow dung cakes or kanda have now hit the market and they are the brainchild of city based Gau Sena, which literally translated means ‘cow army’.
The Gau Sena, which has launched the product under the brand Gauvar in Jaipur, claims it has mixed many ingredients in the cow dung cake so that burning it could purify the environment. The cakes would also help keep disease at bay, the organisation claims.
Gau Sena chief Sandeep Gupta said, The objective of launching packaged cow dung cakes is for the welfare of cows. Our main objective for marketing this product is to collect money and spend the same for the welfare of cows.
Gupta said the product has cow dung, water of the holy Ganges river, cow urine, rose water, cow milk, items of fire sacrifice (hawan samagri), rose petals, rise clove, cardamom, the ayurvedic product guggal, camphor, butter, sawdust of the mango tree, itra (essence), extract of tulsi, sandalwood powder and sand from the feet of sacred cows. Each 100gm cake costs Rs 21. We have already procured Rs 20 lakh in orders from Jaipur based people and organization.
Cow dung or gobar is primarily used as a fertilizer in India and is still in use as fuel in villages. It is also used to generate electricity through biogas plants. In villages, cow dung is used to line the floor and the walls of buildings owing to its insect repellent properties and as a thermal insulator in cold places.
According to experts, cow dung has excellent mosquito repellent properties and is used by many companies to produce repellents.
Modren science acknowledges that the smoke from cow dung is a powerful disinfectant and an anti pollutant. Cow urine is also used for religious rituals as well as medicinal purposes.
The Gau Sena, which has launched the product under the brand Gauvar in Jaipur, claims it has mixed many ingredients in the cow dung cake so that burning it could purify the environment. The cakes would also help keep disease at bay, the organisation claims.
Gau Sena chief Sandeep Gupta said, The objective of launching packaged cow dung cakes is for the welfare of cows. Our main objective for marketing this product is to collect money and spend the same for the welfare of cows.
Gupta said the product has cow dung, water of the holy Ganges river, cow urine, rose water, cow milk, items of fire sacrifice (hawan samagri), rose petals, rise clove, cardamom, the ayurvedic product guggal, camphor, butter, sawdust of the mango tree, itra (essence), extract of tulsi, sandalwood powder and sand from the feet of sacred cows. Each 100gm cake costs Rs 21. We have already procured Rs 20 lakh in orders from Jaipur based people and organization.
Cow dung or gobar is primarily used as a fertilizer in India and is still in use as fuel in villages. It is also used to generate electricity through biogas plants. In villages, cow dung is used to line the floor and the walls of buildings owing to its insect repellent properties and as a thermal insulator in cold places.
According to experts, cow dung has excellent mosquito repellent properties and is used by many companies to produce repellents.
Modren science acknowledges that the smoke from cow dung is a powerful disinfectant and an anti pollutant. Cow urine is also used for religious rituals as well as medicinal purposes.
