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The temple that
Guruji built
AWAY, FAR away from the clamour of New Delhi lies a place where
people’s souls can be charged and their hearts seduced with
beauty. Here, the air is fresh, the grass is green, and the eye brought
up short by a gleaming white marble structure mounted by a massive,
granite linga. The linga proclaims that this place is the seat of Lord
Shiva. It climbs to the sky, prophesying the rise of Shiva dharma or
righteousness, and a new dawn of religious consciousness.
A figurine of Lord Ganesha, intelligence personified, greets the
fortunate visitor to whom the temple doors have opened. Ahead
of it a beautiful statue, in the front garden, shows Lord Shiva as a
handsome, fair youth.
As fair as camphor, embodiment of mercy
He is the essence of the world, garlanded with serpents
May He, the Father and the Mother, forever live in our hearts; our
fulsome salutations to them
Karpur gauram karuna avtaram
Sansar saram bhujgendra haram
Sada vasantam hridyar vinde
Bhavan bhavani sahitam namami
His wide, kind eyes are open; his face is relaxed in a half smile;
and his hand is raised to grant blessings. His seat is an enormous,
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