Gods & Monsters [Free Verse]

Photograph of an ornately carved stone block on Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.
the lion wind blows.

all about is rippling chaos,
but for the goddess
who dances in the
furious center,
pausing on one foot
as the dust swirls
in angry spasms.

DAILY PHOTO: Temple Art, Sri Someshwara Swamy Temple

Gate carvings, Sri Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Temple figure; Sri Someshwara Mandir,  Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Gate carvings: SrI Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Bateshwar Temple Under a Cloud

DAILY PHOTO: Bharav Baba Ka Mandir, Gwalior

DAILY PHOTO: Chausath Yogini Temple of Morena

Yogini Temple: Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Oblique shot of the inner sanctum.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. From across the hilltop.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ring of meditation cells inside the temple.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Inner sanctum from the entry.

DAILY PHOTO: Nareshwar Temple Group

DAILY PHOTO: Blue & Gold Temple in Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: Sri Renuka Parameshwari & Sri Kalabhairavar Temple, Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: A Bit of India in Malacca

Sri Poyatha Vinayaga Moorthy Temple (The oldest intact / functioning Hindu temple in Malaysia and one of the oldest in Southeast Asia.)
Little India Neighborhood
Melaka’s Gurdwara

DAILY PHOTO: Kauravakunda Temple