We have come up with this list based on enquiries we have made over the past few months. We are not directly involved with any of the institutions listed below. Those desiring Vibhuti can directly contact any of the institutions listed below and discuss delivery modalities and price. In this regard, we would like to indicate that those desiring Vibhuti in large quantities (greater than 1 Kg), in the short-term, can contact Thiruveezhimizhalai or Villupuram or Nettavelampalayam goshalas. We would actively encourage those associated with any temples or planning events, to speak upfront to one of these goshalas so that Vibhuti preperation can be planned for high volumes. Those looking to use Vibhuti for personal use on a continued basis can use the Madurantakam goshala's Go Raksha Vibhuti.

If you know someone who does Vibhuti the traditional way, let us know. We will add that institution to the list.

1. Sri Shivalinga Vibhuthi, Surandai, Kalakkadu, Thirunelveli District. Contact Sri K. Muthukrishnar, Mob : 09361010678.

2. Govindan Goshala, Gudalur Village, near Madurantakam, Kanchipuram district Run by Sree Krishna Charitable Trust. www.goseva.net  Contact Sri T Radhakrishnan, Mob: 98400 41151 to know more. As well, Ashoknagar, Chennai - Shree Krishna Charitable Trust ,New no 14(old no 11),16th Avenue,Ashok Nagar,Chennai 600083. Ph : 044 24899926.

3. Go Rakshana Samiti, Thiruveezhimizhalai village, Kudavasal Taluk, Tiruvarur district www.gorakshana.org  Contact: Sri Guruprasad: 94444 11772 to know more

4. Sri Viswanathaswami Devasthanam (affiliated to Sri Kanchi Kamkoti Peetam Sankara Matam) Vanjiyur Village, T.R Pattinam Commune, Karaikal District, Pondicherry. No donations accepted. Contact: 04368 224822 (during office hours) to know more

5. Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetadhipathi Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal Memorial Goshala Panambattu Village, Near Villupuram. Contact: Sri Sundaresan : 90037 70645 to know more

6. Sree Goshala - Oorkudi village between Vandavasi and Thiruvannamalai. Contact: Sri Rajendran: +91 99623 55712 to know more

7. Thirucherai Goshala - Karuppur - Near Nachiyar Koil, Kumbakonam. Contact: Sri Sampath: +91 76390 72602 to know more

8. Subhashree Gousala, Nettavelampayalam, Anangur Post, Tiruchengode Taluk. Contact: Sri Sankar : +91 98433 38299 to know more

9. Sri Vaitheeswaran, Dindigul. Contact: +91 90252 51072, https://thirumoolarvibuthi.blogspot.in/    to know more

10. Sri Bala Veda Patasala, Acharapakkam, Kanchipuram district. https://balavedapatasala.hpage.in/  Sri R Balakrishnan: +91 98409 to know more

11. Ambadi Goshala, Syam Kumar SR, Near Murugan Temple, Pattazhi, Kollam District, Kerala 691522, +91 9539802133.

12. Sri Nagarajan, Mylam Organics, No.7, Sethankudi Agraharam, Mayiladuthurai (Mayuram), Tamilnadu, India. Mob: 09422 24030. Email: [email protected]. He is an organic farmer and has 22 cows of which 12 are native breeds - Predominantly the native Umbalachery breed. he prepares Vibhuti with Muttan and Viraja Homam on Sivarathri days occurring once a month.

13. Swadeshi Mandir - Organic, Ayurvedic, Herbal, Panchagavya Store, No.57-62, Wallahjah Rd, Anna Salai, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 60005. Phone: 044-28546088.  Mr Bhavneesh, one of the foremost activists in native cow protection in Chennai, runs this store. They produce and offer several native cow products for the society. They make Vibhuti from their own Goshala near Wallajahbad and is available in their store in Triplicane, Chennai.

14. Gou Ganga - Maa Gou Products Pvt. Ltd., Gangapura Village, Yeshvanthapura Post, Malur Taluk, Kolar District, Karnataka, India - 563130. Phone Number : +91-9611369996, Mobile No: +91-9611809686. E-Mail Id : [email protected].  Gou Ganga is a social enterprise promoting products made from native cows. They have a range of products apart from Vibhuti for Home Care, Heath care and Personal care.

15. Surabhi Goshala, Katheru Konthamuru Road, Katheru-533105. Rajahmundry Rural, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ph: 08106712026. Email: [email protected]
https://www.surabhigoshala.com

16. https://www.kapilasurabhigohshala.com/Default.aspx - Swami Athmananda Saraswati is a pioneer in native cow protection and formulating products from the native cow. His ashram near Skandasramam is a really one with many breeds of native cows and a Devi temple. Apart from the Vibhuti many other products can be sourced. Mobile :+919443229061, Phone no :91-427-2240594.

17. Mullai Store, Mayiladuthurai https://www.mullaistore.in Mobile: 8098476098  ,9486509643

There are a few others who prepare Vibhuti from cow dung. Our wish and prayers is that over the next few months, they also move towards using pure country breed cow dung and vedic procedures for making the Vibhuti

1. Sri Jayendra Sivamani Go Samrakshanam, Aladipatti, Surandai V.K. Pudur Taluk (Tirunelveli district): Sri Muthukrishnan: 9361010678 2. Sri Kasiviswanathan, Tirunelveli town: 9443157065 3. Smt Lalitha, Papanasam - Thanjavur district: 9443223447

1. Govindan Goshala, Gudalur Village, near Madurantakam, Kanchipuram district Run by Sree Krishna Charitable Trust. www.goseva.net  Contact Sri T Radhakrishnan, Mob: 98400 41151

The goshala houses more than 200 cows and bulls – all belonging to the Chengalpattu breed of cows. This is the cow breed local to that area. The specialty is that there are no foreign or mix breeds of cows and they also graze in open land, which means that the cow dung is filled with benevolent ingredients. Milk is left for consumption of the calves, with little extraction of local goshala use. There is no commercial utilization of the milk. The website has extensive details on cow protection and significance of Indian breed cows.

As part of their cow protection efforts - Vibhuti is prepared with setting up of the Muttan every monthly Sivarthiri, accompanied with Viraja Homam performed by Brahmasri Mannargudi Gopalakrishna Sastrigal. It is done on a major scale on Mahasivarathiri day. Only dung from cows is used and dung from bulls are not used.

The Vibhuti thus prepared is packed in dabbas (called Go raksha) and distributed through volunteers in various parts of Chennai city and other major cities in Tamilnadu and accompanying states. People living in cities, who otherwise have little chance to contribute towards go samrakshanam can contribute a nominal donation and get Vibhuti as a prasadam.

Those interested can look at the local contacts available at: https://www.goseva.net/vibhuticontact.aspx and then use the vibhuti, month after month. The nominal donation thus collected goes towards cow protection.

The goshala also provides pure cow dung cakes which can be used for homams. Indigenous varieties of fruit trees and paddy are also cultivated organically. Periodically organic groundnut oil and handpounded rice is also available.

The website has extensive photos and videos relating to Vibhuti preparation and cow protection. Income tax rebate under 80 G is available for donations.

2. Go Rakshana Samiti, Thiruveezhimizhalai village, Kudavasal Taluk, Tiruvarur district www.gorakshana.org  Contact: Sri Guruprasad: 94444 11772

The goshala houses more than 40 cows and bulls – with about 20 cows belonging to Indian breeds - local Umbalacheri breed and Gir breed. Milk is left for consumption of the calves, with little extraction of local goshala use. There is no commercial utilization of the milk. The website has extensive details on cow protection. Umbalacheri bulls are available in the goshala for local dairy farmers to use for natural mating and insemination.

The goshala acts as extension center for organic farming, spreading the concept to the local farming community. Other products like pure Kunkumam (prepared from organic turmeric), bathing powder, traditional dietary supplements are prepared.

As part of their cow protection efforts - Vibhuti is prepared with setting up of the Muttan every monthly Sivarthiri, accompanied with Viraja Homam performed by vedic pundits. It is done on a major scale on Mahasivarathiri day.

The Vibhuti thus prepared is distributed along with other products prepared in the goshala.

The nominal donation thus collected goes towards cow protection.Income tax rebate under 80 G is available for donations.

3. Sri Viswanathaswami Devasthanam (affiliated to Sri Kanchi Kamkoti Peetam Sankara Matam) Vanjiyur Village, T.R Pattinam Commune, Karaikal District, Pondicherry. No donations accepted. Contact: 04368 224822 (during office hours)

The temple has country-breed cows and runs an extensive set-up to prepare Vibhuti as per Vedic procedures. The Vibhuti thus prepared is distributed for internal use of Sri Sankara matam and some temples.

The temple trust also runs a extension center for farmers interested in organic farming. It runs training programmes to farmers in preparation of non-milk products from Indian breed cows, so that farmers can financially sustain cow ownership even beyond the mulching age. The trust trains farmers in preparation of Vibhuti as per muttan procedure (minus vedic procedure) and procures the Vibhuti thus prepared is available for general public. The Vibhuti is also available in large quantities and those interested can contact the trust.

4. Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetadhipathi Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal Memorial Goshala Panambattu Village, Near Villupuram. Contact: Sri Sundaresan : 90037 70645

The trust was established in memory of Kanchi Kamkoti Peeta Maha Swamigal, at his poorvasrama (i.e before taking sanyasam) birth place.

The goshala has local breed cows, about 20 in number. Vibhuti is prepared using Muttan, with Viraja Homam, as per Vedic procedures, every Sivarathiri day.

The goshala can provide Vibhuti in sizeable quantities. Those interested can contact Sri Sundaresan

The trust is now looking at adding local medical plants and herbs as part of Vibhuti preparation to enhance the medicinal value.

5. Sree Goshala - Oorkudi village between Vandavasi and Thiruvannamalai. Contact: Sri Rajendran: +91 99623 55712

The trust has around 20 cows, most of them of native breed. Vibhuti is prepared with vedic procedures on Sivarathiri day. It is done only during Maha Sivarathiri day. If there is need for Vibhuti, it can be done on a monthly basis and distributed.

Income tax rebate under 80 G is available for donations.

6. Thirucherai Goshala - Karuppur - Near Nachiyar Koil, Kumbakonam. Contact: Sri Sampath: +91 76390 72602

The trust has around 20 cows, most of them of native breed. Vibhuti is prepared with vedic procedures on Sivarathiri day on a monthly basis.

7. Subhashree Gousala, Nettavelampayalam, Anangur Post, Tiruchengode Taluk. Contact: Sri Sankar : +91 98433 38299

The goshala has around 50 cows mostly local breed cows from various parts of the country. Vibhuti preparation was started on a traditional basis with Viraja Homam on the last Maha Sivarathiri day. This goshala can undertake the Vibhuti preparation on monthly basis and provide large quantities if needed.

The goshala specializes in treatment for ailments using Ayurvedic based Gomaya medicines derived from Indian breed cows.

8. Sri Vaitheeswaran, Dindigul. Contact: +91 90252 51072, https://thirumoolarvibuthi.blogspot.in/

Sri Vaithy has a few country cows in his house and prepares them with Vedic chants and vedic procedures. He can undertake the Vibhuti preparation on monthly basis, if there is a suitable demand. He is in touch with people in Palani (apart from the hill shrine, famous for Vibhuti) who are interested in preparing Vibhuti, the real way.

The website (thirumoolarvibuthi.blogspot.in) is a small but fantastic one, encapsulating the key features of our campaign.

9. Sri Bala Veda Patasala, Acharapakkam, Kanchipuram district. https://balavedapatasala.hpage.in/  Sri R Balakrishnan: +91 98409 12762

Vibhuti is prepared for internal use for the Patasala students and distribution to donors. Patasala has a goshala attached. The goshala has a mix of local and mixed breed cows.

10. Chaturveda Vidya Ganapathi Vedashram Veda Patasala, Athur Village, Kanchipuram district. https://athurvedapatasala.hpage.in/  . Sri R Kamakoti: +91 9884 402624

Vibhuti is prepared for internal use for the Patasala students and distribution to donors. Patasala has a goshala attached. The goshala has a mix of local and mixed breed cows.

11. SIVAPRAKASAM, No.2, Sivan Kovil Lane, Tuticorin-2, Tamilnadu. Mob : 09842923435. We are manufacturing very pure vibhuti under the guidance of Thiruvavadudurai Adheenam book and supplying to temples and sivanadiyars. If anybody required please contact us. Mob : 09842923435.

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