ISKCON Goshala - Vrindavan

Worshiping and protecting cow is the one the biggest service to the supreme personality of godhead "Shri Krishna". Here is Why: To be born as a human beings is a special opportunity to know our relationship with the Supreme Lord and go back to Him. We have been gifted with a suitable body and intelligence to pursue that but it depends on us how we use it. That intelligence and the decision taken by us based on that will be defective if we do not make it guided by the scriptures as they give us the required discrimination. There is no absolute rule in the material world that we live in. For example, a man gets married to a woman but civilized men discriminate between mother and sisters unlike animals. Anybody's urine or stool is impure but cow dung and cow urine are purifying (even spiritually), touch of any bone is impure but conch is pure; there are many rivers but Mother Ganga has a special place; there are many trees but Tulasiji has special place of worship; the Lord is present everywhere but His murti and temple are special places; similarly there are many animals but Gomata is special. How do we get to know these exceptions? - From the shastras as they are perfect source of information unlike our defective senses. The Lord tended cows and other animals (including buffaloes) but He loves to be addressed as Govinda or Gopal. Cows hold a special place of love for Him. As our eternal father He loves His creations and had several pets in his pastimes also but cows always held a special place. His eternal residence is known as GO-LOK :) not without a reason. Brahma Samhita says: cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vriksha- lakshavriteshu surabhir abhipalayantam The Lord's abode is built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of Laxmis. But what is the Lord doing? He is engaged in tending Surabhi or Mother cow. Isn't it interesting? The cow and bull are dharma itself. If we nourish them, we nourish dharma. According to the scriptures they are never to be sold. If Brahman culture has to survive, we need to serve cows as they complement each other. Cows are sinless and are in mode of goodness. Her glorification can be seen scattered almost everywhere in our scriptures. Hope it clears your doubt.

Love this place Many Historical, Religious places inside. Great place to Bring young children Institute inside Samadhis of some pious devotees of ISKCON are there.

It was wonderful experience , As in Vedic civilization Cows are treated as sacred . In Iskcon , We all can see cows are so treated well and is given that much care , love and attention . Cows are so much loving , by just pampering them you get blissfull experience . There is also facility to feed them . one special thing is their products either it be Ghee or milk . That is awesome .

Iskcon really takes very good care of cows. There is a dedicated veterinarian on premises. We were able to feed the cows edible balls and they like it. Kids also enjoy feeding the cows Must visit place for all

Wonderful place to visit. 100s of Beautiful cows of different breeds are there and you can feed them grass but their favorite is laddo?. Very peaceful and hygienic place must visit. Advice - Keep a Distance from monkeys? as they may take your mobile phones or spectacles.

The cows, calves and bulls are very happy here. Well looked after. During goseva, everyone rushes to feed the cows, but they seemed full and were happy to doze off in the winter sun. The atmosphere is pristine and be prepared to walk around a bit. The Qs for prasadam are long and serpentine. Be prepared to wait for an hour or longer.

Most amazing and blissful.all gaumatas are very well taken care of .and their association and blessings will make your day

one of my favorite Goshala in India! there are many trees and bushes on the territory of Goshala, it is quiet and calm, here you can see all the main breeds of cows, buy goods produced by Goshala, well, or just buy a bucket of laddu, and arrange a holiday for the cows! we love to come in the evenings and scratch cows and calves