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Madurai City

Fish-eyed Goddess of Madurai
Wedded handsome Sundareswar, in stone,
Brother Vishnu looked on indulgently
Angry Rudra, performing his cosmic death-dance,
Has to be pacified by blobs of butter
Hurled at his petrified body
Two rupees a piece.
Images of a bygone era haunt
Moustachioed gods and nubile goddesses
Stare down from their rocky perches.

As the Mysore invaders were closing in
Feisty battle – cries of the Madurai soldiers
Filled the palace air with patriotic fervor
At night the Pandyan king's lofty-pillared palace
Resonated with wronged Kannagi's curses
Lotus-shaped Madurai city,
The city of divine nectar
Spilled from Shiva's matted locks,
Has lived through Time for three thousand years.

31-Mar-2002

More By  :  A. J. Rao

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Comments on this Poem

Comment Matter, Energy and Spirit together
Activating Everything Everywhere!

Every being active, alive and conscious is bound together
By matter and energy by soul or spirit as long as possible;
Not only living beings but also all Stars and planets in the
Universe are made up of matter and energy bound by spirit!

Even in a single atom, the same thing happens through proton,
Electron and Neutron to function in a stable, balanced state;
Nuclear explosion takes place once Neutron moves away from
The stable state of atom and a chain of reaction takes place!

This great living truth is symbolically expressed in Hinduism
By the marriage between Shiva and Shakti by Vishnu in temple;
This same truth is what our human body also represents by the
Binding together of body and energy by soul to be alive ever!

The circular movement of Electron in atom and the whole Universe
Is symbolically represented by the famous cosmic dance of Shiva!
This universal phenomenon of Matter and Body bound by Spirit is
The idea represented by Universal Matter, Energy and Spirit ever!

T A Ramesh
06-Oct-2021 14:07 PM


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