On Monday, Mumbai's International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Juhu temple used cow urine for sanitising visitors for half-a-day after the temple management ran out of the regular alcoholic sanitiser. Several social media users questioned the move by the temple authorities. In response, the officials said that it was distilled gaumutra, also known as goark, and has anti-bacterial powers.
The matter came to light after a Twitter user pointed out the move by ISKCON temple. In his post, the convener of the digital media cell of the Indian National Congress' Kerala state unit, Raju P Nair tweeted,
"Today my friend took me to Govinda restaurant inside ISKCON Temple complex, Andheri where I had to go through a security check. After frisking they asked me to show my hands and sprayed something which smelled awkward. When I questioned they said it is gaumutra @OfficeofUT"
Today my friend took me to Govinda restaurant inside ISKCON Temple complex, Andheri where I had to go through a security check. After frisking they asked me to show my hands and sprayed something which smelled awkward. When I questioned they said it is gaumutra @OfficeofUT pic.twitter.com/Qdx44ungsS
— Raju P. Nair (@RajuPNair) March 15, 2020
Parijata Devi Dasi from Iskcon Temple Juhu told India Today,
"After the coronavirus outbreak, we are taking several precautions by ourselves. We kept hand sanitisers at entry points of the temple and at the entry door of the Govinda restaurant. Now, on Sunday we ran out of stock."
She added that the restaurant had enough stock of hand santisers but at the entrance gate, they lacked hand santisers. As a result, they used Goark’, which is gaumutra after it is boiled and other substances are removed from it.
She claimed that it is an anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, bio-enhancer anti-cancer agent. Therefore, till the time they got new stock, they used distilled cow urine as hand sanitiser.
Further when she was asked if it was wise to use gaumutra, she claimed that it wasn't gaumutra, but was 'distilled gaumutra'. She boasted that it has a lot of benefits and it is anti-bacterial.
The authorities stated that once they received the regular sanitisers, they immediately replaced them.
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