On The Banks Of River Mahanadi At Cuttack Poem by Laxminarayana Sabbani

We were there on the banks of river Mahanadi at Cuttack On the Kartheeka pournima full moon day. Nagendra and I planned to visit Cuttack from Bhubaneswar To have a holy bath in the river Mahanadi We reached Cuttack Badambari bus stand within an hour We took an auto to Bali Jatara near the Mahanadi Jathara, a festival, huge public, devotees. On the Banks of Mahanadi at the temple site Orisaa handicrafts were present all along the way Thousands of people taking holy bath in Mahanadi We too also took holy bath in the river Total festive season Artists are presenting Orissa's culture and tradition through songs and dance on the stage We've spent two hours there and have the temple darshan also Nagendra snapped hundreds of photos with camera We are thousand Kilo meters away from our native place But we have felt that we are at our home town. (In memories of Mahanadi Cuttack on 28-11-2012)