with Sri Ganesh

- 16-07-10:

… The air is warming up with an odd, restless wind, and the sky is now leaden blue…

… Uma comes and sits in the shrine and sings lovely Sufi bhajans to Sri Ganesh, while I go on preparing the puja, and it is quietly happy…

… There is this almost irresistible sleepiness that seizes my head late mornings: if I give in and yield to it, it just lasts a few minutes and then it is over; but if I fight it, it goes on pressing…

Today Sri Ganesh, Richly caparisoned With a gorgeous warmth Of color, You amble In full view, Generous and attentive and loaded with blessings And the sight of your Riding figure Massive yet nimble And capable of Immediate speed Lifts all hearts And cheers them On their way…

This morning Parthy and I saw a picture of the Double Ganesha carved atop the porch of a shrine by a large temple to Ambaramman: two twin Ganeshas seated side by side, identical, white-skinned, but each one having an alternate position of the legs, one folded and one bent down as in the posture of the king…

- 17-07-10:

Sri Ganesh, Poet and Healer, Filled with knowledge That has grown Within the dark as within

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