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ISSUE: The ovation received by “Gau Mata” and the yearn- Social activists from vari-
the Vishwa Mangal Gau ing for the development of ous foras joined hands for
Gram Yatra all through its the villages through agro the successful completion
Gou Gram
course, in almost all states based industry which has of the Yatra while Swamis
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Yatra of Bharat, was an indicator the potential to provide and Sadhus provided the
of the longing of the farm- employment on a mass spiritual support to the
ers and villagers towards scale. The yatra has gener- Yatra in abundance, gracing
Bhutanese Refu- 7 the traditionally time ated environmental aware- the Yatra all along. This
gee Farmers Sell tested cow based agricul- ness together with organic issue is devoted to the
Shares of Indian ture. Villages after villages farming, usage of Ay- “Vishwa Manga Gau Gram
Vegetables
were all festooned the first urveda, water manage- Yatra” for the benefit of
Bhutanese Refu- 8 of its kind of Yatra high- ment, afforestation and all our readers.
gees : A Brief lighting the importance of related issues.
History
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Gou Gram…
fighting for their cause. people were contin-
People’s participation was in- ued to come. The
spiring in this agitation launched main attraction at
to make the village self-reliant this meeting was the
and taking the nation to the presence of noted
pinnacle of economic prosper- farmers’ leader Shri
ity. After crossing the river Ya- Mahendra Singh Ti-
muna, the Yatra reached Saha- kait. Addressing the gathering in Shri Atul Krishna Maharaj ad-
ranpur city of Western Uttar his local style he said, “Cow is a ministered the crowd of more
Pradesh where thousands of unique gift of the nature to the than 20,000 people the oath of
gobhaktas had assembled even mankind and everything she cow protection. The meeting in
in early morning to welcome it. gives is useful for the man.” He Moradabad began late in the
Noted Muslim
Even after the Yatra left Saha- also explained how she is useful evening and concluded late at
for the agriculture and what night. After the speech of Shri leader Chhote
ranpur, the people continued to
come in tractor – Trolleys and adverse effects the people are Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji Miyan
in other vehicles. facing today due to the negli- the local mediapersons reached Moinuddin
gence of the cow and her prog- the place where he was to stay Sabri described
Besides the local people, there
eny. He said , “It is his own at night.
were many leading saints at the the cow
experience that the family, Beginning from Moradabad and
function held in Haridwar.
which has a cow, encounters slaughter as
Apart from the cow they also passing through Haldwani,
less disease than the families, Khatima and Pilibhit the Yatra
anti-Islam at
expressed concern over the
which do not have cows”. He reached Bareilly where people the function
deteriorating condition of the
also quoted Swami Dayanand to had been waiting for hours. The and appealed to
River Ganga. Prior to it, the
prove his argument. After the atmosphere at the meeting
Yatra received overwhelming the people of
speech when some youth turned very emotional when
welcome at Dev Sanskrit Uni-
started asking him some ques- all communities
versity in Shantikunj. Many sen- Shri Atul Krishna Maharaj in-
tions he said: “I had almost lost formed the gathering that
to save the
ior leaders of Gayatri Parivar
all hopes that somebody will Bareilly is the historic cow at any
were present at the function.
save the Indian breeds of cows. Ahichchhatra region. Recalling cost.
The meeting held in Roorkee at
But looking at the response to his family traditions Shri
night was very impressive. The
this Yatra it appears that our Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji
BT Gang crossing of the city
Indian cow will definitely be informed that his ancestors
was packed beyond its capacity.
saved now”. migrated to the southern re-
Those who did not get the
place to sit were standing on The Tyagi Hotel Ground of gion from this Ahichchhatra
the sides. Noted Muslim leader Meerut was packed to its ca- region itself about 1500 years
Chhote Miyan Moinuddin Sabri pacity, and there was a huge back. The next morning he
described the cow slaughter as crowd at the meeting in Garh went to see the ruins of the
anti-Islam at the function and Mukteshwar. The slogan of Go- Ahichchhatra Empire. These
appealed to the people of all mata ki Jai was reverberating ruins spreading over 100 km
communities to save the cow at from the venue to the banks of near Anwala
any cost. the Ganga. The pain of the and its sur-
farmers and the villager was rounding
The scene in Muzaffarnagar was
clearly visible during the speech areas can be
no less impressive than in Saha-
of Shri Raghveshwara Bharati seen even
ranpur. There was a large
Swamiji. It was a very emotional today.
crowd of gobhaktas and the
moment when the young saint When Shri
Gou Gram…
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Raghaveshwara Bharati Swa- metres the Vishwa Mangal Gou existence of the country will be
miji offered Gram Yatra reached Delhi on at stake,” he said urging the
Sashtang December 26, 2009. The re- government to save the coun-
Pranam to the sponse it received all over the try from destruction and enact
Shivlinga there national capital was tremen- a Central law for cow protec-
it appeared as dous. Youth took out vehicle tion.
if the gap of rallies and burnt firecrackers to A total of five large meetings
centuries had vent out their enthusiasm. At were held in Delhi at Lado
filled in a mater the same time people show- Sarai, Kalyanpuri, Yamuna Vi-
of second. He ered flower petals from both har, Pitampura and Uttam Na-
also resolved for renovation sides of the road and women gar. More than one lakh people
of this land of his ancestors. conducted kalash yatras as well participated in all the meetings.
A total of five large
Passing through Badanyun, the as performed deep pujas. Apart from it, various social,
meetings were held in Yatra reached Kasganj on Oc- Addressing the goubhaktas at religious and cultural organisa-
tober 13, 2009 where it re- Uttam Nagar, Gokarna tions of Delhi also welcomed
Delhi at Lado Sarai,
ceived grand welcome. People Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya the Yatra at more than 100
Kalyanpuri, Yamuna were showering flowers from Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati places. In Yamuna Vihar, some
both sides when it passed Swamiji said the goubhaktas Muslim youth participated in
Vihar, Pitampura and through the main streets of would not bend before the the procession in an open car
Uttam Nagar. More the city. People extended spe- government, rather the govern- and extended complete sup-
cial welcome at many places. ment would be forced to im- port to the cause of cow pro-
than one lakh people The participation of rural peo- pose complete ban on cow tection.
ple was very inspiring here. slaughter. “If one fourth popu- Addressing the gathering at
participated in all the
Same day the Yatra reached lation of the country signs the Netaji Subhash Place in Pitam-
meetings. Apart from Mathura, the birthplace of memorandum to this effect, the pura Akhil Bharatiya Sewa Pra-
Lord Krishna, where a large government shall have to ban mukh of RSS Shri Sitaram Kedi-
it, various social, number of saints were present cow slaughter and enact a Cen- laya said, “Formation of Gram-
religious and cultural at the meeting. Gopalan and tral law for it,” he said. rajya is must for the formation
goupujan is an integral part of Earlier, addressing a gathering of Ramrajya. That is why Gan-
organisations of Delhi daily life here. The Yatra at Andheria Mode on the night dhiji had called upon the edu-
reached Agra on October 14, of December 26, 2009 the Go- cated youth to move to the
also welcomed the
2009 where the gathering of karna Peethadhishwar said, villages and take concrete steps
Yatra at more than people was very inspiring. In ’The Yatra is not being con- for village protection”. Describ-
the presence of thousands of ducted by any religious sect, ing the cow and the village as
100 places. people, the Yatra was flagged Peeth, political party or the two eyes of the country he
off from Western person of any State, it is being said, “Both these eyes are in
Uttar Pradesh on conducted for the welfare of danger today. It is due to the
October 15, 2009. the whole world. The larger blind following of the west,
Visiting Dhaulpur of number of cows which are be- both in deeds and thinking, that
Rajasthan and Mu- ing killed today in so-called we are totally dependent on
raina and Gwalior of Independent India, were not the west”, He emphasized, “If
Madhya Pradesh it killed even during the British the nation has to be protected
again entered Bun- and Mughal period. It is very from destruction and has to be
delkhand region of unfortunate that the policymak- led to prosperity and develop-
Uttar Pradesh. ers and rulers have to be told ment three mantras have to be
Traversing over 19,000 kilo- that cow is their mother and if kept in mind and to be fol-
she is not saved today the very lowed in practical life. These
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Gou Gram…
The Gou
mantras are—turn to the village, govansh. He stressed the need to
turn to the cow and turn to the save one rupee and a chapati eve- Gram Yatra
nature”. A ‘Kavi Sammelan’ was ryday for cow. Underlying the
visited all over
also organised at Pitampura in religious significance of the cow
which various leading Hindi po- he said, “The benefit one gets by India
ets including Shri Gajendra So- conducting the parikrama of 33
including
lanki participated. crore gods and goddesses, the
Addressing the gathering at Ya- same benefit can be get by just Haryana,
one parikrama of the cow.” Pradesh. The concluding cere-
muna Vihar, national secretary Punjab,
Swami Ramate Yogi and Smt mony of the main Yatra held at
of the Yatra Shri Shankar Lal Nagpur on January 17, 2010 and
appealed to the government to Shahnaz Afjal of Muslim Rashtriya Himachal
Manch also addressed the gather- signatures of crores of people
stop cross-breeding of cows and would be handedover to the Pradesh,
set-up a separate ministry at the ing in Yamuna Vihar.
President of India Smt Pratibha
Centre for cow protection. He The Gou Gram Yatra visited all Jammu &
Patil and Prime Minister Dr Man-
also demanded declaration of over India including Haryana, Pun- mohan Singh on January 31, 2010 Kashmir,
the cow as national animal and jab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
in New Delhi.
strict implementation of the Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Uttarakhand,
anti-cow slaughter laws in the Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West According to Shri Shankarlal over
10,000 subyatras had been con- Uttar
states where they have already Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh,
been enacted. Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, ducted in different parts of the Pradesh,
Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, country which touched each and
Mahant Naval Kishore Das ap- Bihar,
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat every village in their respective
pealed to the countrymen to
and Rajasthan. A section of the areas. A total of 175 subyatras Jharkhand,
boycott all the things made of were conducted in Delhi alone
leather and contribute in cow main Yatra segregated from
from December 18-20, 2009 West Bengal,
protection by using the prod- Siligiri traversed in north-eastern
states. It concluded on January 13 which visited each and every col- Orissa,
ucts made of panchgavya and ony of Delhi.
other things provided by the at Parashuram Kund in Arunachal
Andhra
Pradesh,
A world record of signatures
The founder of Arya Samaj, Mahrishi Dayanand Saraswati had once appealed to the Puducherry,
countrymen to collect two crore signatures for cow protection. He hoped that the collection Tamil Nadu,
of the signatures in such a huge number would force the government to ban cow slaughter.
But unfortunately two crore signatures could not be collected then. After that, many Kerala,
signature campaigns were conducted demanding ban on cow slaughter. The biggest record of
Karnataka,
such campaigns is the collection of two crore signatures by RSS swayamsevaks in 1952 on the
call of the then RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Guruji. But the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra is Goa,
going to break this record too and will set a new world record. As per the initial indications,
the signatures being collected will be in at least nine digits. Maharashtra,
The signature campaign has gotten tremendous response all over the country. There was no Dadra &
lack of people signing the memorandum, rather the number of workers collecting the
signatures was falling short. Nagar Haveli,
At the meeting in Rajkot, Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji received 12.65 lakh signatures
Gujarat and
collected from Rajkot city, Amareli and Jamnagar districts. A cow of ‘Geer’ breed was
worshipped at this function. The unique attraction of this function was that a total of 492 Rajasthan.
goubhaktas donated blood at this function equal to the weight of this cow. A digital
signature campaign was also launched at the website of Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra
(www.gougram.org) which too received tremendous response.
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