Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

The Walk Out

Neeta Padmallabhan (Translated from Tamil by Ashok Mitran)            

NEELA PADMANABHAN
(Translated from Tamil by ASOKA MITRAN)

A temple–
Customary daily worship given up;
Its corridors empty of a trace of human being;
Its gardens where now roam bandicoots;
The tower bat-infested–
The God
Had walked out
And the living skeleton
Knew not
To stop Him.

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