Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (MS)
Beltangady, Nov 12: Shreyansh Jain, native of Hirebail in Kalasa showed his devotion towards Lord Manjunatha of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala in a unique manner. He walked 360 km along with a calf from Jigani to Dharmasthala.
Shreyansh Jain, who is an ardent lover of cattle, is employed in a private firm in Bengaluru. During the Covid pandemic lockdown, he developed interest in dairy farming and reared a cow of Gir breed. He had decided to offer the first offspring of the cow to Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala. Accordingly, he walked 360 km in 36 days, along with his calf Bheeshma.
Shreyansh did not take a single day of leave during his 360 km journey. After a morning walk with the calf, he used to work from home and continue his foot march in the evening. People along the way gave enough food for him as well as his calf. He has spent only Rs 1000 for his journey. Shreyansh got the calf checked for any sickness in every village on the way.
Shreyansh is an alumni of SDM college of Ujire. As he got educated in Siddavana Gurukula, from a young age he loved cows.