Delhi, December 27: “The more in number the cows are being killed today in so-called India, were not killed even during the British and Mughal period. It is very unfortunate that the policymakers and rulers of the country are having to be told that cow is their mother and if she is not save today the very existence of the country will be in danger,” said Shankaracharya Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji. He was addressing a huge gathering of goubhaktas at Uttam Nagar in New Delhi today.

He urged the government to save the country from destruction by enacting a central legislation for cow protection. He said he is fully dedicated to the cause of cow and if his life has to be sacrificed for it, he would feel himself very fortunate.

Addressing the gathering at Netaji Subhash Place guide of the Yatra Shri Sitaram Kedilaya said formation of Gramrajya is must for the formation of Ramrajya. “That is why Gandhiji had called the educated people to move to the villages and take concrete steps for village protection,” he said. Describing the cow and the village as two eyes of the country he said both these eyes are in danger today.

Addressing the gathering at Yamuna Vihar Shri Shankar Lal, central secretary of the Gou Gram Yatra, appealed to the government to stop cross-breeding of the cows and set up a separate ministry at the centre for cow protection.

Mahant Naval Kishore Das appealed to the countrymen to boycott all the things made of leather and contribute in cow protection by using the products made of panchgavya and other things provided by the govansh. He stressed the need to keep aside rupee one and a chapati everyday for the cow. Underlying the religious significance of the cow he said the benefit one gets by conducting the prikrama of 33 crore gods and goddesses, the same benefit can be got just with one parikrama of the cow.

Shri Shankar Lal pointed out that the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra reached New Delhi after covering the distance of 19,000 kms. Beginning from Kurukshetra on September 30 the Yatra has so far visited Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

It is to be noted that a section of the main Yatra is traversing in north eastern states which will conclude on January 13 at Parasuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh. The concluding ceremony of the Yatra would be held in Nagpur on January 17, 2010 and crores signatures would be handed over to the President of India Smt Pratibha Patil on January 31, 2010.

The Yatra was extended warm reception at Aayanagar border yesterday and passing through Andheriya Crossing and Lado Sarai it reached Gerater Kailash where it stayed at night. A group of hundreds of youth welcomed the Yatra with a vehicle rally. Women conducted kalash yatra and the people showered flower petals from both sides of the road.

Beginning from Greater Kailash and addressing huge meetings at Trilokpuri, Yamuna Vihar and Pitampura the Yatra reached Uttam Nagar where a grand welcome meeting was organised. Besides it, the Yatra was extended grand welcome at about 200 places of Delhi.

So far over 10,000 subyatras have also been organised in different parts of the country. A total of 175 subyatras were conducted in Delhi from December 18 to 26 and over 25 lakh signatures were collected from the state.