SRI GIRIRAJ JI GOSHALA SEVA SANSTHAN ( REGD. )
NGO REGISTRATION NO - 162 - IV ( 05 ) & 58 / 2009 - BK IV
U/S 80G ( 5 ) VI & 12AA REGD NO. CIT - 1 / TECH / S - 685 / AGRA
Lord Sri Krishna's Cows
  • Sri Nanda Maharaja had 900,000 cows. Lord Sri Krishna knew every cow by name. If any cow was missing Lord Sri Krishna would immediately chase after the missing cow and call her by name.
  • The cows were divided into herds by color:- black, white, red, or yellow. In each color there were 25 further divisions making a total of 100 herds.
  • There were also eight herds of cows that were spotted or speckled or had heads shaped like a midrange or that had tilak marks on their foreheads. There were a total of 108 different herds of cows. Each of the 108 herds had a herd leader.


"Thus when Lord Sri Krishna calls out, 'Hey Dhavali' (the name of a white cow) a whole group of white cows comes forward, and when Lord Sri Krishna calls 'Hams, Candani, Ganga, Mukta' and so on, the twenty-four other groups of white cows come. The reddish cows are called 'Aruni, Kunkuma, Sarasvati, etc. The blackish ones 'Shyamala, Dhumala, Yamuna, etc. and the yellowish ones are Pita, Pingala, Haritaki, etc." (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.35.19 purport)

"As described in the Brahma Samhita (surabhi apbipalayantam), Lord Sri Krishna on his planet, Goloka Vrindavana, engages in tending the surabhi cows. These cows are the Lord's pet animals." (Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.2 purport)

An initiative in this direction is a new landmark in the history of human achievement and marks a certain stage and section of Indian culture that is beginning to willingly accept the need for training the spiritual dimension of human beings.

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