ISKCON Ujjain has a well maintained goshala just behind the temple. There
are about 12 cows, bulls and calves altogether. The milk giving elderly cows
are Sujata, Surabhi and Sunanda. Sujata gave birth to 2 male (Subir and
Syam) and 1 female (Nandita) calves. Surabhi gave birth to 2 female calves
(Nandini and Srimati) and Sunanda gave birth to 3 male (Sushil, Subal ad
Sukanta) and 1 female (Narmada) calves. Sujata, being too old, gives only 2
to 3 liters of milk a day, whereas Surabhi gives 6 – 7 liters and Sunanda
gives about 12 liters a day.
There are 2 full time employees working for the Goshala under the
supervision of H.G. Yogesh Chandra Prabhu, a resident Brahmachari of the
temple. The cows are fed with different types of grass and other fodder.
Apart from dry grass, there is corn grass and a kind of grass called 'hathi
ghaas' or 'elephant grass'. Apart from this, the cows are fed with crushed
wheat, jaggery (gur) and kholi (remnants after removing oil from soya bean
seeds). All the medical needs of the cows are well taken care of.
The milk from the cows is used to make the sweet preparations and other
offerings for the Deities.