Our Gaushala | Maavadi Charitable Trust, Surat

The animals

Cows in the trust’s care

Maavadi Gaushala is kept for cows. They are sheltered here for protection and daily care. What a visitor meets is a cow that needs a roof, fodder, water, and someone watching over her.

The cow has a long place in the life of Gujarat. At this Gaushala that place is practical: feeding, rest, treatment, and the steady habit of Gau Seva.

The photographs on this page are illustrative studies of cows and of Indian gaushalas. They are not verified photographs of the animals at Maavadi Gaushala.

A cow and her calf standing in a green field

Why it matters

Keeping cows in care

A cow needs feed that suits the season, shade in the Surat heat, and attention when she is weak. That knowledge lives in the daily work of a gaushala, not in a label.

For this trust, protection is not an abstract campaign. It is a shelter in Surat where cows are fed, housed, and treated, and where people can meet them face to face. The Gaushala is that meeting place.

A traditional gaushala yard with white cattle, thatched fodder stacks, and a carved railing

Shelter

A roof, shade, and room to rest

Shelter at a gaushala means more than a fence. Animals need shade in the Surat heat, a dry place to lie, protection from traffic, and enough room that the weak are not pushed aside at the trough.

Maavadi Gaushala is kept for that purpose: a home for cows under the care of the trust, next to Gabi Hanuman Mandir on Vesu Canal Road. Upkeep of the sheds, water, and the ground they stand on is part of the daily expense of Gau Seva.

Feeding

Fodder and water, without a holiday

A cow’s day turns on feed. Green fodder, dry fodder, and clean water are the ordinary ration of a gaushala, offered in the rhythm of morning and evening. Missing a day is not a small thing, especially for an animal that is old, nursing, or recovering.

Contributions toward feeding go to that rhythm. The trust does not publish a fixed price per day on this website, because those costs should be stated by the trust itself when it is ready.

A cow lying at rest on the earthen floor of a cattle shed

Medical care

Treatment when an animal is unwell

Injury, fever, difficult calving, and the ailments of age all arrive at a shelter. Medical care at Maavadi Gaushala means veterinary attention for the animals in its charge, and the time and quiet they need while they mend.

The trust has not published the name of a visiting veterinarian or a list of treatments on this website. What it has stated is the work itself: medical treatment is one of the reasons the Gaushala exists. Gifts marked for treatment help meet that need when it arises.

Caretakers with indigenous cows inside a shed, one person holding a calf

Rescue and Gau Seva

Brought in, and then looked after

Rescue is the moment an animal is taken out of danger. Rehabilitation is everything after that: food, a place to lie, wound care, and patience. The trust’s activities include both.

Gau Seva is the name for the whole of that attention. It is offered by the people who keep the Gaushala, and it can be joined by anyone who comes to help with feeding or simply to stand with the animals for a while. There is no performance in it. There is a calf to hold, a trough to fill, and a shed to keep.