Nandi Baba Rescued – Foot Rot & Maggot Infection, Ashok Nagar Delhi

Service That Expects Nothing Back

The Bhagavad Gita's teaching of nishkama karma — action performed without attachment to reward or recognition — describes exactly the kind of case that never makes headlines but happens anyway. On 16th June 2021, GauNandiSewa received a report of a Nandi baba in Ashok Nagar, Delhi suffering from foot rot that had progressed to the point of attracting maggots — a slow, unglamorous kind of suffering, easy to walk past and impossible to romanticize.

Treating What No One Wants to Look At

GauNandiSewa's animal rescue ambulance reached Ashok Nagar and brought him in for treatment. Foot rot combined with a maggot infestation demands patient, repeated cleaning — removing the maggots, clearing dead tissue, and treating the underlying infection layer by layer until the foot can properly heal.

Healed, Expecting Nothing in Return

He recovered under GauNandiSewa's care, exactly the outcome nishkama karma asks us to work toward without needing thanks or recognition for it.