"Mahalaya"

I felt a beam

of light across my crown

and gradually

the imaging tree grew

on the surface

Impregnated with stars

is ready to illuminate

the whole world

Rajdeep bhattacharya

(Mahalaya is an auspicious occasion observed seven days before the Durga Puja, and heralds the advent of Durga, the goddess of supreme power. It’s a kind of invocation or invitation to the mother goddess to descend on earth – “Jago Tumi Jago)

September 18, 2009 (1:07 pm)