The Mukteswar Temple, Bhubaneswar, Orissa Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

The Muktestwar Temple of Bhubaneswar,
Orissa
See I
And feel I,
Who,
Who made it,
Whose work is this,
The grand temple
Cut in stone,
Chiselled and hewn
Out of the large chunks of stone,
Rocks and boulders,
The Mukteswar temple
Devoted and dedicated to Lord Shiv
In a minar form
Rising and rising?

The long-standing temple
In a design
Ornamental and artistic,
Sculptural and architectural,
Cut and designed
With a few sculptures,
Not so many,
But cut into
And chiselled artistically,
Striped and framed
With the intrinsic stonework
Chiselled and cut through,
A temple so artistic,
With the arched gateway welcoming in
To the sanctum sanctorium.

The temple pyramidical
But cut through
And chiselled
And artistic
Ad sculptured
With damsels and the figurines
Of the gods
Decorating it
And carved out artistically,
Cut and chiselled
And panelled
And bordered
And embroidered,
Designed and architectural
And striking
And stupendous
And grand.