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Go Seva — Adopt a Cow or Calf

Serve the gentle mothers of the Nanda Goshala. Your adoption covers their feed, shelter and loving care, in the timeless Vaishnava tradition of go-raksha.

Cows at the ISKCON Dharwad Nanda Goshala
Nanda Goshala in the care of ISKCON Dharwad
Why Go Seva

The cow is dear to Krishna

Lord Krishna is Gopala — the protector of cows — and the care of cows sits at the very heart of Vaishnava life. At the Nanda Goshala, every cow and calf is looked after for life: fed, sheltered and served with affection.

When you adopt a cow or calf, you take up that service personally. Your monthly or yearly offering directly provides their fodder, medical care and upkeep.

Visit the temple’s Go Seva page →
Choose Your Adoption

Simple plans, lifelong merit

Cows₹3,000 per cow, per month
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Calves₹1,500 per calf, per month
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The temple gateway has no auto-debit — you offer the first month now, and the temple will lovingly remind you each month by WhatsApp, email and right here in the app.

This month’s offering₹3,000
Adopt — offer ₹3,000 now

Choosing 12 months with “Full amount now” is the classic yearly cow adoption (₹36,000).

What an adopter receives

Gopala’s mercy — the Lord Himself is the protector of cows, and one who serves them serves Him directly.

नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च । जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥

— Vishnu Purana 1.19.65

Lord Krishna is described as the well-wisher of cows. It showed in His own life as a cowherd boy in Vrindavana — and His names Govinda and Gopala both mean the friend and protector of cows.

🐄 Adopters are welcome to offer go puja at the goshala on a birthday or a wedding anniversary — tell the temple the date and the devotees will arrange it.

The Nanda Goshala

Meet the mothers in our care

6 cows and 4 calfs live at the goshala today, fed and sheltered for life. Your adoption serves them directly.