South India’s biggest Goushala,
Satyam Shivam Sundaram Gau Nivas to conduct
Annakut Celebrations
Hyderabad,India.Nov,
2008: South India’s biggest Goushala
(cow shelter), Satyam Shivam Sundaram Gau Nivas located in 3-acres
of land and home to about 3451 cows rescued from slaughter houses is
to hold a Grand Annakut Celebration ‘Annakut-Prasadi’ here at its
premises at Peddammagadda, Gaganpahad at 4 PM on Sunday i.e. 2nd
November. Giving details Mr. Dharam Raj Ranka of Satyam Shivam
Sundaram Gau Nivas said that the Annakut festival is celebrated at
the beginning of each New Year, lots of variety of food items
prepared with love and devotion are offered to God. Thousands of
devotees are expected to participate in the celebrations. He urged
people to come and take darshan of the Go Mata and have prasad on
the occasion.
In a press release issued in city today, Mr. Dharam Raj Ranka said
that although the literal meaning of ‘Annakut’ is "mountain of
food", it symbolises an offering of food to God and the love and
devotion that has gone into preparing it. As part of the Diwali
celebrations Hindus around the world cook a variety of different
vegetarian items of food, snacks, sweets, pickles and delicacies as
offerings to God. Traditionally Annakut symbolised devotion through
offering the first harvest and distributing this to all.
South India’s biggest and India’s best maintained ‘Gou Shala’ Satyam
Shivam Sundaram (SSS) Gau Nivas gives a new meaning to the concept
of cow protection. Where cows who just escaped from the jaws of
their death, get a decent life and royal treatment. It has been
established by Shri Dharam Raj Ranka, a 66 years old man with a
mission to protect India’s most revered animal ‘Cow’. Mr. Ranka has
fully dedicated his life for the cause of Cow Protection. He is the
pioneer of Gou Shala Concept in twin cities and has been
instrumental in setting up several Gou Shalas. Earlier he
spearheaded the movement against slaughter houses such as Al-Kabeer.
Employing 120 workers, about 10 tonnes of Kutti and 38 tonnes of
green grass a day is fed to the animals sheltered at the SSS Gau
Nivas. The monthly fodder bill along runs into lakhs, which is being
contributed by philanthropists. To take care of these 3451 animals’
health, two veterinary doctors and a hospital is housed at the cow
shelter. No cow is milked, nor any business is done with their milk.
The total milk is left to the babies of the cow, thus maintaining
ZERO infant mortality rates.
Reachout's News Bureau
