with Sri Ganesh

enclosure around the bench and the public tap and waste bin… Already it all looks much more complete and cohesive. … Just as I end the Aarti the elder comes in and offers Rs. 10/-

Sri Ganesh, Are you the guardian Of Her secret estate? Its protector, its emblem? Its gate keeper? Its discerning Usherer?

In your self-gathered, Ordered and richly harmonious Appearance, To see you is to feel at once Her loving welcome And the clear warning That a great change must take place Before one may enter –

And the keys to this change Are kept In the offering…

- 20-04-11:

… The headman has offered Rs. 10/-

Sri Ganesh, Weighty yet gentle, Majestic yet so tender, You ride upon waves of light With a glow of gold fire, And no place can be barred to you That you wish to enter –

Yet your way Is to wait To be addressed – As a foundation To all movement Of progress –

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