on a pilgrimage,
to pay homage,
devout come to take a dip
despite the chill
to wash off their sins...
at the bank of Ganges,
chanting mantras
recited by the sages...
looking solemn
and serene
unmindfully, going
back to the same
old routine...
Mamtaji...... Exactly what happens in daily life.....cant there be some exception? Wish u a very very happy new year 2009. Regds.shyamal
Well Mamtaji I do recall seeing a man 101years old, on the banks of the Ganga, where I saw the Ganga Arati at Rhishikesh! He was being helped by his relatives there, to was away his sins! I had taken his photograph also! A nice poem! -Raj Nandy
I've watched this in National Goegraphic, India's tradition... a way to wash the sins. Beautiful poem and thanks for sharing your culture and tradition to all of us....10+++
A wonderful insight into Indian tradition, great write Mamta. Best wishes, Andrew
Mamtaji, A wonderful piece of poetry in which wisdom iscamoflauged. Pilgrimage is a pill for grim image and the Ganges provides a healing touch to the body through its herbal and mineral waters and food for the millions, its beauty sooths the mind and soul. It is a complete package for the body, mind and soul and not just a routine. The sages laid down a routine for common man because they follow by faith. Regards, CP
you got the mystery of a poet...a poem of mysticism....i salute my friend of what you have shared in your poem...God bless and Thank you
This pleasantly different in content and style Mamtaji. Wonderful
WONDERFUL share....on the way of cleansing one's sin..and accompanied by the cleansing of one's soul...not just the body....but deep inside one's being... the conversion.and living again, turning/ keeping away from sins.... divine write.....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
“We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed...” Says - Lawrence Clark Powell Thats the way Routine is.... Certain things remain same... Over so many years Devotion to carry those routines ahead... Short and sweet on this new year day. Thank you dear poet.