Tapovan

Yoga classes with "the Tapovan boys" in the later and cooler afternoons. They work in Tapovan in all areas (farming, cowshed, kitchen, gardening, landscaping, handymen, etc.)    And they are the main keepers of the 24-hour Tryambakam Homa in Tapovan. Continue reading “Yoga Classes with the Tapovan Team”

For the children being brought up in Tapovan, the practice of Agnihotra is like brushing teeth – you do it every day without thinking. They are all experts!

Continue reading “Homa Children of Tapovan”

Each morning the Tapovan English School starts with a Homa Fire. The children know the Mantras by heart. Afterwards the daily routine starts. Continue reading “YYMM (Yoga and Meditation for Children) Program in Tapovan School”

There can be no Homa farm without a cow. She is a Mother to all. Continue reading “Daily Activities in Tapovan”

"On March 25th, 2001 we commenced our continuous Om Tryambakam Homa Fire.
This year we celebrated the 13th anniversary with a small ceremony at 11am here in Tapovan. As far as we know this is the only Fire of its type on the planet at the moment where people from any caste, any religion and any nationality can participate at any time given.	Continue reading “Continuous Om Tryambakam Homa in Tapovan”

“In Tapovan, we have at the moment 9 cows, 4 bulls, 9 calves and 7 newborns. We also have 2 bullocks working the farmland. These are indigenous Indian (Desi), Gir cows and some mixed breeds. We have cows  since several years and now it is the 3rd generation. Here we have maintained 24 hour Tryambakam Homa for nearly  10 years  and for this, we use pure cow’s ghee. Half of this ghee comes  from our own production now. We have observed and documented the ghee production for a 6 months period (from 1 Oct 2009 to 31 Mar 2010).

Extraction ratio of the milk fat in Tapovan is  42.3 grams/liter, while normally in our area, the average ratio is 30 grams/liter of milk. That means that in Homa atmosphere the cows produce over 1/3 more milk fat.
Also the Gir breed gives  5 liters of milk per day in the villages, but  we receive from the same breed 6 liters of milk in Tapovan.
Our cows are very healthy compared to the cows from the village farmers, who suffer a lot from ticks, infections on the hoofs in the cold season (similar to foot and mouth disease)  which we have not have had a single time here. The village farmers´ medical bill for one cow is approx. 1000 rupees per year, while here in Tapovan for 30 animals together we spent 1000 rupees the whole year. This is for assistance at delivery or treating a cow that eats a poisonous insects while eating grass from the fields.”
Photos show the happy cows from the Tapovan Homa farm in their stable.
Above: Desi cows, including Gir cows.
Below: Bullocks carrying tourists to the nearby villages and recently born calves.