Pilgrimage To Garhmukteshwar Poem by Dr. Yogesh Sharma

Abode divine
Of God reliever,
From whirls worldly.

Resting on the banks of Ganga divine,
Celestial ghats with bathers faithful rhyme.
Scene phenomenal of equality, brotherhood,
And classless society.

Devotees offering nectar to mother Ganga, sun,
And all near, dear, dead and alive.
Floating, twinkling, lamps to awake,
The inner consciousness, be one with higher consciousness.

At a distance, burning ghats, with moist eyes,
Mourners, bidding farewell to departed soul,
Puting dead in the pyre and giving the fire,
Immersing ashes with reverence in holy deep, to merge with the creator.

Cows, the national and symbol secular, moving merrily,
Faithfuls offering eatables to mother cow,
Monkeys, representative of Lord Hanuman,
Playing, eating with the devotees.

The endless sea of holy saints in saffron,
Color of sacrifice, love, devotion and purity,
Since the dawn of life, their ways are the ways of God.
Meditating to preserve wisdom high and spiritual light.

For Hindus, in this land of miracles, from water to dust,
Every thing, every where is God and His creation,
Water, sun, river, lamp, cow, monkey and saints.
This is unique riches in poverty, hunger and slumdogs.


Garhmukteshwar is a holy place for Hindus, situated on the banks of holy river Ganga, in Uttar Pradesh and around ninety kilometer north-east from Delhi, capital of India.

FROM:
DR. YOGESH SHARMA