Over 1,200 cows - mostly abandoned, sick and injured - have found a saviour in Friederike Irina Bruning.
When the German landed in India from Berlin in 1978 as a visitor, she had no inkling of what destiny had in store for her.
"I came as a tourist and understood that to progress in life, you need a guru. I went in search of a guru in Radha Kund," the 59-year-old said on Sunday, referring to the town near Mathura where she has set up a cow shelter.
Bruning bought a cow at the request of a neighbour and everything in her life changed after that. She purchased books on cows and learnt Hindi. "I saw that people of late have started abandoning their cows when they grow old and stop giving milk."
Fondly called Sudevi Mataji, Bruning has named the cowshed Surbhai Gauseva Niketan. "They are like my children and I cannot leave them," she said, referring to her large family of bovines.
Once a cow reaches her 3,300 square yard gaushala (cowshed), Bruning takes care of the animal by providing food and medicines.
"Today, I have 1,200 cows and calves. I do not have sufficient place to accommodate more as the place is getting smaller. Still, I cannot refuse. When somebody leaves sick or injured cows outside my ashram, I have to take it in." (PTI)
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