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A city responds · 8 February 2019

Subhadra, the Injured Cow from Chennai

An injured cow whose quiet courage moved an entire city to act.


As her, saviours have approached Dr. Tapesh for #Krishnalimb they also share her Story

Hello! Namaste!!!!

I am Subhadra and my son Rangan!!!!

I tell you a sad story about my life which was travel for last week!!!!

Before a week I was living happily in erode…. I was grazing the pastures and giving manure to the field. I blessed with a male calf before a month ago…One day my owner left me and went to Chennai… A new man came and brought me to his cow’s shed and later I knew that he was a butcher…then I ran to the next field to escape… But my fake, my son was caught by the butcher, and he tied him with a rope….at night I came to my son’s place and gave milk to him… Then I slept with him… Next day morning, I was also caught by the same man… Because of I ran to save my life, he attacked my back legs with a thick rod,,, I could not tolerate my pain, and I fall in that place… My pain was very horrible and could not stand… Then the butcher decided to transport us to a slaughter house…By god’s grace Mr. Karthick from erode Goshala saw me and rescued…because of more pain I went to the unconscious stage… Next morning I woke up and realised that we were in Namakkal hospital…and again new two members accommodated us, but all were in vain… Doctors refused me and they tried to take for their research purpose, and after some time, I was left alone, nd I missed my son also…I felt vey badly for three days and was outside of the hospital… No one was look at me and even, did not give any Water to me…. Then at late night a vehicle came near to me and I was lifted to the vehicle… I was very much feared that again I was going to a slaughter house and I didn’t know what was happened to my son…I travelled with full of pain they tied my four legs so that I could not move anywhere..

Cow Protection

When I opened my eyes at early morning I was at trichy Srirangam .. really it is heaven… I felt a nice air and nice smell from the Kollidam river in the early morning…at around 5’o clock Harish came and met me and I was unloaded to a good place called Sri Manavala mamunigal thiruvarasu… It’s just opposite to the banks of Kollidam… Lots of fresh grass are here but I cannot eat.. Sri venugopala Bhagavathar and Harish removed the rope which was tied at my legs and noticed that my legs were broken… That Bhagavathar pour a bottle of water to my mouth. I felt that this is the right place to live and I licked the water which was fallen on the ground… I was thirsty at that time. Then mr Subramanian came and gave fresh water with rice husk to me… I could not eat that because of pain…then he noticed my legs and he chanted the Maha mantra Japa..(Hare Krishna mantra)… That was really very nice to me and I felt good….my body was fully drenched because I travelled that night on the open space van and lit bit of cold I felt… Bhagavathar covered my body with a cloth and he washed my body with some warm water…. Then they named me

SUBHATHRA .. Really I nice name right? …

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