Saturday, November 14, 2015

Ayyanar Waits For A Year Comments

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Ayyanar waits for a Year

God Ayyanar stands with a sickle and spear,
right outside the village limits.
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Ramesh Iyengar
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Bharati Nayak 15 November 2015

Thought provoking poem.How lonely is the God who got so valuable offerings and left alone after people have gone? This feeling of being left is rally painful.Thanks for sharing the beautiful poem.- - - - - - - -10

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Seema Jayaraman 15 November 2015

the two extremes of human attention.. one of complete devotion, attention, presence, cleanliness, offerings and the other of forgetting the minute the back is turned, neglect, littering, garbage .. seen in most temple gatherings in rural India.. but I didn't know that goat sacrifices are still done.. I thought sacrificial ceremonies were more more symbolic.. thanks for sharing

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Ratnakar Mandlik 14 November 2015

It is human tendency to worship god and promise a lot of offerings as if to barter some specific favors in return. It is with this mindset people throng to worship Ayyangar on specific days and dispersing there after leaving the deity alone. But how the God, creator of the universe can be left in solitary condition by mortal human beings? Nice poem, throwing light on human tendencies/psyche. Thanks for sharing.10 points.

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