Saluting and invoking Sri Ganesh

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Sri Ganesh, Soldier and Healer of the Mother, Wanderer on all Her Roads, Always equipped, always alert, To be in your company is to know A safety so ancient And deep That it transcends all forms and modes Of time itself - Today you are quietly standing, Your fine Siddhis arranged about you, To cure and cleanse and clear

And serve Her Balance, And your arm extends In welcome, Brimming with Her Gifts… (29-04-10)

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Sri Ganesh, Wandering Yogi,

Pilgrim of Her ways, You stand at times Like an unwieldy mass of knowledge That yet thrills With the richest light, Till one sees within the mass

The intricacy Of your dance

And finds the rhythms Of the eternal Rag – Ever new and ever growing – Praising The Shakti… (01-05-10)

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