SURABHI VANA

OM PRAKRUTHI DHAMA, is a Registered Trust, established in the year 2004 at Polalli. We began our project with 5 cows. In the year 2007 District Collector of Mangalore was pleased to allot us 20 acres of land at Kompadhavu Village Sy. No. 125/2, near Mangalore Airport, to develop our Gau- Shala. We named this as SURABHI VANA.

SURABHI VANA, was primarily started with the objective of protecting cows and creating a home/shelter for the Injured / stray cows, and the cows/cattle which are rescued from being taken to butcher houses.

The area history supports the view that about 1000 years ago Saint Jabali was doing Penance at the jungle in Kompadavu. He was doing penance in a cave avoiding the evil people. When he was getting old, he called his disciple and asked him to maintain the place where he had been doing penance by rearing cattle- particularly cows. This was to protect his penance also. The local prince donates 1000 cows to the Saint Jabali along with the Kompadavu village and gave the responsibility of protecting the cows to the local police. This Gau-shala continued to grow for many centuries as per Rishi Tradition. This Gau-shala slowly started being weak and weak when the place was ruled by kings who were eating beef. When British rule started, this Gau-shala got vanished. Even then they reserved around 50 acres of this land for rearing cows. Out of this 50 acres, 20 acres of land was granted to the Trust of 'Om Prakruthi Dhama' in the year 2007.

On 22.12.2007 Shri Shri Shri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji of Ramachandrapura Matt, Inaugurated our SURABHI VANA Gau-Shala with 20 cows. By December 2008, eighty cows were added to this place. Now there are about 110 cows which are being looked after by this Trust.