{"id":469,"date":"2023-10-20T18:47:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:52:32","slug":"iskcon-govardhan-goshala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/iskcon-govardhan-goshala\/","title":{"rendered":"Iskcon Govardhan Goshala"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"469\" class=\"elementor elementor-469\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48ce6961 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"48ce6961\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M421.9,6.5c22.6-2.5,51.5,0.4,75.5,5.3c23.6,4.9,70.9,23.5,100.5,35.7c75.8,32.2,133.7,44.5,192.6,49.7\n\tc23.6,2.1,48.7,3.5,103.4-2.5c54.7-6,106.2-25.6,106.2-25.6V0H0v30.3c0,0,72,32.6,158.4,30.5c39.2-0.7,92.8-6.7,134-22.4\n\tc21.2-8.1,52.2-18.2,79.7-24.2C399.3,7.9,411.6,7.5,421.9,6.5z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24c52a4f\" data-id=\"24c52a4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2274c7a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2274c7a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-ac246e4 ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-word-spacing ); background-color: transparent;\"><b>The very name Govardhan, indicates the great significance of cows. \u201cGo\u201d in Sanskrit means \u201ccows or senses\u201d, and \u201cVardhana\u201d means \u201cnourishment\u201d.<\/b><\/b><\/p><p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-ac246e4 ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e0c1e3-word-spacing ); background-color: transparent;\">When the first devotees came here, they did not have any cows. But by Giriraj\u2019s divine intervention for the pleasure of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, a cow started showing up at the ashram gate. Over a period of time, she got used to the resident devotees\u2019 affection and the devotees to her presence, until one day she moved into the ashram and decided to stay for good. Even though devotees did not have any plan to keep cows at the time, Sri Giriraj induced them to keep his cows. The Ashram goshala produces sufficient milk to provide for Sri Sri Krishna Balarams\u2019s needs of fresh milk, yogurt, butter, and ghee.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Serving cows in Govardhan is a matter of immense piety. Because cows are especially dear to Sri Giriraj and to Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, they play a very important role in our Krishna Consciousness movement, and their presence is a boon from the Lord.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISKCON Govardhan Goshala Giriraj Govardhan The very name Govardhan, indicates the great significance of cows. \u201cGo\u201d in Sanskrit means \u201ccows or senses\u201d, and \u201cVardhana\u201d means \u201cnourishment\u201d. When the first devotees came here, they did not have any cows. But by Giriraj\u2019s divine intervention for the pleasure of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, a cow started showing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asitakrishnaswami.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}