The Temple Poem by Jagannath rao Adukuri

Thinking never felt so good
Beads of perspiration glistened
While peace arrived in spurts
Behind was electricity of high voltage
Words flowed steadily in thought
In fast disappearing streamlets
There was the power of fragrance
Of lighted camphor and tiny flowers
My people’s concentrated history
Flowed through these stone archways
Stone people who lived on forever
These are my own dearest kinsmen
My flesh and bones are made
Of the same powdered red rock
We worship the same granite god.


(At the Hazar Rama temple in the Hampi ruins)